Synonyms of concocted

concocted 1 of 2

adjective

as in manufactured

Related Words

• manufactured
• contrived
• fabricated
• labored
• canned
• assumed
• unrealistic
• simulated
• unreal
• automatic
• mock
• bogus
• feigned
• strained
• pseudo
• pat
• spurious
• forced
• phony
• exaggerated
• artificial
• plastic
• fake
• mechanical
• factitious
• sham
• unnatural
• hollow
• hokey
• affected
• pretended
• hypocritical
• false
• facile
• unauthentic
• put-on
• insincere
• unctuous
• theatrical
• melodramatic
• empty
• mealymouthed
• mealy
• calculated
• two-faced
• histrionic
• premeditated
• cultivated
• stylized
• wooden
• double-dealing
• deliberate
• conventional
• studied
• cute
• overdone
• overacted
• left-handed
• conscious
• cutesy
• impersonal
• formal
• genteel
• artful
• mincing
• rigid
• overrefined
• simpering
• inflexible
• goody-goody
• stiff

Dissimilar Words

• spontaneous
• real
• genuine
• natural
• true
• unaffected
• authentic
• realistic
• artless
• bona fide
• right
• ingenuous
• easy
• honest
• sincere
• uncontrived
• unforced
• unfeigned
• smooth
• impromptu
• unconscious
• effortless
• instinctive
• extemporaneous
• impulsive
• unpretending
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

concocted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of concoct

as in devised

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devised
• constructed
• invented
• designed
• manufactured
• produced
• contrived
• thought (up)
• hatched
• fabricated
• came up with
• conceived
• cooked (up)
• made up
• excogitated
• trumped up
• envisioned
• dreamed
• imagined
• drummed up
• vamped (up)
• coined
• visualized
• improvised
• fantasized
• envisaged
• daydreamed
• visioned
• extemporized
• pictured
• ad-libbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copied
• reproduced
• duplicated
• replicated
• mimicked
• cloned
• imitated
• copycatted
• reduplicated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concocted

Adjective

The middle stretch has a concocted outdoor chase sequence that feels like a clumsy campground slasher. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative. — Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

So is the neighbor who was pressured by police to corroborate a concocted story. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026

Verb

In it, Bugliosi lays out the prosecutorial theory — one concocted to put away a man for murder who didn’t actually commit the crimes — that Manson was trying to jump-start a race war, called Helter Skelter. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026

The removal of Maelor, however, snowballed into this moment where that character’s absence didn’t allow for that horrific book moment to be realized, so another set of reasons was concocted. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The cocktail menu leans into the couple’s heritage with some Argentine staples, including the El Clásico of Fernet and Coke and El Diego, concocted with sweet vermouth, Coke and a splash of whiskey. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

What Roth, and his longtime screenwriting partner Noah Belson have concocted is an unfleshed-out idea that is just left with the flesh. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Seymour’s game really began to unravel at the top of the week, when Devens and Murray initially concocted a plan to send him packing after being fearful of his ability to bring the other side of the house together. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

Tran says the hairstyle was concocted with Liu's outfit in mind, not to mention her overall vibe. — Marci Robin, Allure, 16 July 2026

Similarly, the EastDiet hasn't been concocted by nutritionists in a lab; instead, it's been shaped by local, natural resources. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Dishes are concocted Chipotle-style, by ordering at the assembly-line-style counter. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026