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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