Making and creating

Synonyms for devise

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMaking and creating

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Devise a plan to take over the director's office.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

prepare

Same sentence, swapped: Prepare a plan to take over the director's office.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for devise as it is used in the sentence above.

constitute
undertake
innovate

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other making and creating words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

compileverbcomposeput together out of existing materialRidgelineHas a reason line copyverbimitatereproduce someone's behavior or looksRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line envisionverbforeseepicture to oneselfRidgeline blastverbshellcreate by using explosivesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line buildverbestablishbuild or establish something abstractTreeline burnverbcutcreate by duplicating dataFoothillsHas a reason line glossnounsemblancean outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleadingRidgelineHas a reason line glossyadjectiveshowysuperficially attractive and stylishRidgeline

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