9 Letter Words for Contrived
contrived
8 Letter Words for Contrived
centroid, codriven, contrive, doctrine, iconvert, invector, venditor
7 Letter Words for Contrived
cerotin, cervoid, codrive, cointer, condite, convert, convite, cordite, cortine, corvine, cotrine, cretion, cronied, ctenoid, deontic, devinct, divorce, evictor, noticed, noticer, rection, trinode, vection, ventric, verdict
6 Letter Words for Contrived
cedrin, cedron, centro, ceroid, cervid, cinder, cinter, citron, coedit, coined, coiner, conder, condie, conite, conred, conter, coreid, corned, cornet, cortin, corved, corven, corvet, corvid, covent, covert, covine, covite, credit, cretin, crined, crinet, cronet, cronie, crotin, devoir, dinero, direct, dirten, ditone, divert, divort, docent, dornic, dotier, dovier, dreint, driven, dronet, dronte, editor, endict, enviro, erotic, incord, intoed, introd, invect, invert, ironed, nervid, nevoid, nitred, nocive, noetic, nordic, norice, norite, notice, novice, octine, ointed, orcein, orcine, oretic, orient, ortive, recoin, recond, renvoi, rident, rioted, rodent, roined, roncet, tercio, tierod, tinder, tonier, torvid, triced, tricon, trined, triode, vector, vendor, verdin, verdit, victor, vinted, vinter, virent, voiced, voicer, voider
5 Letter Words for Contrived
ceint, centi, cento, cerin, cetin, cider, cited, citer, civet, coden, coder, coned, coner, contd, conte, contr, cored, corni, corve, coted, coved, coven, cover, covet, covid, covin, credo, cried, crine, crone, decon, decor, deric, deriv, detin, devon, devot, dicer, dicot, diner, diter, diver, divet, divot, donec, donet, doric, doter, doven, dover, dovie, drent, drice, drive, droit, drone, drove, ecoid, edict, envoi, evict, iconv, ident, incor, inert, inter, intro, iortn, irone, necro, nicer, nidor, niter, nitro, noire, norie, norit, noted, noter, oncer, oncet, ontic, orcin, orvet, overt, ovine, recit, recon, recti, recto, redon, retin, riced, riden, rived, riven, rivet, ronde, ronte, roted, roved, roven, rovet, tecon, teind, tendo, tenio, tenor, ticed, ticer, tined, tired, tirve, tiver, tondi, toned, toner, tonic, tored, toric, torve, trend, trice, tride, tried, trine, trode, troic, tronc, trone, trove, vedic, vedro, verdi, viced, video, vined, viner, vinet, vired, vireo, viron, vitro, voder, voice, voted, voter
4 Letter Words for Contrived
cedi, cent, cern, cero, cert, ceti, cide, cine, cion, cire, cite, cito, cive, code, coed, coin, coir, coit, cond, cone, coni, cont, conv, cord, core, corn, cort, corv, cote, cove, cred, crin, crit, dcor, deco, deni, dent, dern, dero, derv, deti, detn, devi, dice, dict, dier, diet, dine, dino, dint, dioc, dire, dirt, dite, dive, doen, doer, doit, done, doni, dont, dore, dorn, dort, dote, dove, drie, ecod, econ, ecto, edit, endo, ento, entr, eric, erin, etic, eton, iced, icer, icod, icon, ideo, incr, inde, inro, into, intr, invt, iode, ired, iron, iter, nerd, neti, nevi, nevo, nice, nide, nied, nito, node, nodi, noir, nore, nori, note, oder, odic, odin, oeci, oint, once, oner, ordn, ored, otic, oven, over, ovid, recd, rect, redo, rein, reit, rend, reno, rent, retd, rice, ride, rind, rine, riot, rite, rive, rivo, rode, roed, roid, roin, roit, rond, rone, ront, rotc, rote, roti, rove, tend, tern, tice, tide, tied, tien, tier, tinc, tind, tine, tire, tode, toed, tone, torc, tore, tori, torn, trid, trie, trin, trio, trod, tron, vein, vend, vent, verd, veri, vert, veto, vice, vide, vied, vier, vine, vino, vint, vite, voce, voet, void, vote
3 Letter Words for Contrived
cdr, cen, ceo, cer, cid, cie, cir, cit, civ, cod, con, cor, cot, cro, crt, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, dec, dei, den, der, det, dev, die, din, dir, dit, div, doc, doe, don, dor, dot, eco, ect, edo, eir, enc, end, env, eon, erd, ern, ert, etc, ice, ide, ido, inc, ind, int, inv, ion, ire, itd, ive, nco, ned, nei, neo, net, nid, nie, nit, nod, nor, not, nov, oct, ode, oer, oie, one, oni, ont, orc, ord, ore, ort, otc, rcd, rct, rec, red, rei, rev, rid, rie, rin, rio, rit, riv, rnd, roc, rod, roe, roi, ron, rot, rte, rti, tdr, tec, ted, ten, ter, tic, tid, tie, tin, toc, tod, toe, toi, ton, tor, tov, tri, vcr, vei, ver, vet, vic, vid, vie, vin, voc, voe, von, vor
Definitions for Contrived
[1] obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story.
[2] to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
[3] to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
[4] to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
[5] to form designs; plan.
[6] to plot.
[7] obviously planned, artificial, or lacking in spontaneity; forced; unnatural
[8] (tr) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer he contrived to make them meet
[9] (tr) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately he contrived a new mast for the boat
[10] to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
Words related to Contrived
phony, false, forced, affected, elaborate, strained, overdone, labored, fake, artificial, unnatural, unspontaneous
Words nearby Contrived
contributory negligence, contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character
Origin of Contrived
1275–1325; Middle English contreven < Middle French contreuv-, tonic stem of controver to devise, invent, Old French: to decide, agree upon < Late Latin contropāre to compare, equivalent to con- con- + *tropāre (> French trouver to find; see trover); development of vowel unclear
Other words from Contrived
con·triv·ed·ly [kuh n-trahy-vid-lee] /kənˌtraɪ vɪd li/ , adverb
un·con·trived , adjective
well-con·trived , adjective
con·triv·a·ble , adjective
con·triv·er , noun
pre·con·trive , verb, pre·con·trived, pre·con·triv·ing.
un·con·triv·ing , adjective
Word origin for Contrived
C14: from Old French controver, from Late Latin contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare, from Latin com- together + tropus figure of speech, trope
Synonyms for Contrived
false, phony, affected, elaborate, fake, forced, labored, manipulated, overdone, strained, artificial, recherché, unnatural, unspontaneous
