CONTRIVER Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

contriver

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Definition of contriver

as in inventor

one who creates or introduces something new a contriver of yet another piece of exercise equipment guaranteed to tighten up your abs

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Yves Saint Laurent is often cited as the inventor of ready-to-wear through the launch in 1966 of his Rive Gauche collection.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
In return for this disclosure, inventors — and any companies that license the patents — receive a limited period of time where no rival is able to copy the discovery and sell it as their own.

— Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

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Sarah Paulson, in custom Ferragamo, had designer Maximilian Davis on her arm.

— Freya Drohan, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026
Interior designer Geoffrey Bradfield raised eyebrows at his 80th birthday party at the Lowell Hotel with a group of nearly naked male models body-painted in safari garb.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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