Invent

/ɪnˈvɛnt/

Synonyms for "invent" (222 found)

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Verb(15 words)

devise fabricate formulate coined conceive conceived conceives concoct concocted concocts conjures constructed contrive contrivescook up

Noun(10 words)

alibiing author coins conceiving concoctingconstructed examplecontrive a storycontriving cook cooks

bear begetbreak groundbreak the icebreedbring forthbring into beingcall into beingcoin compose conceit conceive conceptualize concoct construct contrivecook upcounterfeit

Adjective(2 words)

contrivedcontrived narrative

Strong matches (66)

create design determine develop devise discover draftdream upengender engineer envision evolveexperience imaginativelyfabricate fake fancy fantasize father fictionalize find

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find outforge form

Verb(23 words)

createcreate languagescreatescreates artdesign developeddevise a procedureembroidered excogitateexpress individualityfabricated fabricates falsifies fangle fantasied fantasized fantasizes feign feigns fib

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fictionalized fictionalizes forge

Noun(17 words)

create a numbered listcreated itemcreatingdesign descriptordesign educationdesign pasture systemsdevice functiondevise approachdevising dreaming dreams embellishing fable fabricating fantasy fantasying fictionalizing

Adjective(3 words)

danish skabefabledfictional rome account

Related words (111)

formulate frame fudge generate getgive being togive rise tohatchhatch upheadhead uphithit uponhoke uphunt downideate imagine improvise inaugurate initiate

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innovate introduceintroduce new bloodleadlead offlead the waylocate makemake domake do withmake innovationsmake upmanufacture mature mint mold neologize neoterize originate pioneer plan precede procreate produce project rediscover renew renovate revolutionizerun downrun to earthsham shape spawn spinstand firststrikestrike outsupposetake the initiativetake the leadtake the plungethinkthink outthink uptracetrace downtrack downtrump upturn outvamp up

Verb(19 words)

hallucinate imagined improvize innovates liemake upmanufacture manufactured minted originalize originates rhapsodizedromanian imagineshammed think thinks trumped vampvamp up

Noun(18 words)

handcrafted originimagined settingimagining manufactures manufacturingmanufacturing processesmintsmixture classprivately developedpublic benefits conceptspanish fabricarstages termer trump trumping trumpsverb of creationyarns

Adjective(3 words)

improvised methodmanufactured substancepioneering method

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concoct createcreate by mental actcreate mentallydeceptiondream upfalsehood generate hatch makethink ofthink upverb of creation

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6 entries

device fib lie method model prototype

Collocations

5 entries

invent a deviceinvent a solutioninvent a storyinvent new methodsinvent something

Inflections

3 entries

invented inventing invents

Derivations

4 entries

invention inventive inventively inventor

Sample sentences

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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

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What did Bell invent?

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

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Don't use "discover" when you mean "invent".

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