Synonyms of innovate

innovate

verb

ˈi-nə-ˌvāt 

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

innovated a new system for filing books that dramatically improved efficiency in libraries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• pioneer
• initiate
• create
• introduce
• launch
• found
• institute
• begin
• inaugurate
• invent
• start
• develop
• plant
• construct
• organize
• originate
• constitute
• set up
• devise
• produce
• manufacture
• expand
• conceive
• author
• fund
• think (up)
• make up
• concoct
• finance
• cook (up)
• subsidize
• enlarge
• contrive
• systematize
• fabricate
• father
• endow
• systemize
• arrange
• put up
• relaunch
• reinitiate
• reinstitute
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close (down)
• shut (up)
• abolish
• stop
• nullify
• finish
• phase out
• annul
• end
• terminate
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of innovate

Students are encouraged to build contraptions and innovate to solve problems. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

Big defense companies are notoriously slow to produce new weapons, but new entrants are forcing them to innovate faster and more aggressively. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 July 2026

This is Toyota playing catch-up rather than innovating, though. — New Atlas, 20 July 2026

So the country intends to use this moment as an opportunity to innovate processes. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026