creation

creation

noun

Definition of CREATION

1

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination <Dr. Frankenstein was divinely proud of his creation, at least at first>

Synonyms brainchild, coinage, concoction, contrivance, creation, innovation, wrinkle

Related Words contraption, device, gadget, gizmo (also gismo), novelty; design, product, work; dream, fantasy (also phantasy), picture, vision; conception, imagining, origination

Near Antonyms carbon copy, clone, copy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction

2

the whole body of things observed or assumed <an unshakable belief in a primal source, a fount of all creation>

Synonyms cosmos, creation, macrocosm, nature, world

Related Words existence, reality

Near Antonyms nothingness, void

3

a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position <the creation of an unprecedented number of new cardinals by the pope>

Synonyms ascent, creation, elevation, preference, preferment, promotion, rise, upgrade, upgrading

Related Words aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification, magnification

Near Antonyms deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall

Antonyms abasement, comedown, degradation, demotion, disrating, downgrade, reduction