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devising

[dih-vahy-zing] / dɪˈvaɪ zɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
original
Synonyms
STRONGEST
creative imaginative innovative inventive seminal unconventional unusual
STRONG
envisioning formative novel quick ready sensitive
WEAK
avant garde breaking new ground causal causative conceiving demiurgic fertile generative ingenious innovational innovatory inspiring originative productive resourceful unprecedented untried
Antonyms
WEAK
borrowed hackneyed latest old used worn
NOUN
making
Synonyms
STRONGEST
formulation
STRONG
authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production shaping
Antonyms
STRONG
destruction ruin
NOUN
planning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
plan
STRONG
outlining

Example Sentences

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By devising a tax-efficient and multifaceted distribution strategy.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Officials also are devising more modest options, which could include targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The official was reported to have been involved in devising Japan's security policy.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

When devising her third studio album, Sampa the Great looked to the niche, brief musical movement that ignited her birth country more than 50 years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Then an image flashes in my mind, of Captain Smith ready to lose control of his anger, then of him taking a deep breath, focusing, calming, devising a plan.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.