concoction

noun

con·​coc·​tion kən-ˈkäk-shən 

kän-

plural concoctions

1

: something (such as a food or drink) that is concocted from various elements : something prepared or devised by combining different ingredients

an elaborate concoction

This concoction is a cross between hot chocolate and a grasshopper, a mixed drink that gets its minty kick from crème de menthe.

—Kim Steckler

… the disc offers quite an unusual concoction of old and new songs that are surprisingly cohesive.

—Jon Hetman

2

: the act of process of concocting something

One of these young men had a rare faculty in the concoction of gin-cocktails.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms of concoction

• invention
• innovation
• creation
• product

Examples of concoction in a Sentence

the first submarine must have seemed like a wild concoction at the time

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to tending to and harvesting from her pecan groves, my grandma and other elder women in the community would mix herbal concoctions at a moment’s notice using herbs, tree leaves, and other tree parts, as well as the aloe vera plants that were ever present on their kitchen windowsill. —Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026

Prestidge Beauté Ageless Skin Serum Celebrity makeup artist, Shawnelle Prestidge, used her very own Ageless Skin Serum on the iconic actress—and the seven-in-one concoction is good. —Ruby McAuliffe, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026

With red velvet cake mix-ins and silky cream cheese icing blended into DQ’s famous soft-serve ice cream until thick, the Red Velvet Cake Blizzard is a creamy concoction fans love. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026

But on Monday, there was only that pit-of-your-stomach gnawing concoction of disappointment, frustration and emptiness that foments when a chance for history is squandered. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for concoction

• decoction
• auction