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Synonyms & Antonyms of concocted
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in unrealistic, fabricated
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for concocted
- affected,
- artificial,
- assumed,
- bogus,
- contrived,
- factitious,
- fake,
- false,
- feigned,
- forced,
- mechanical,
- mock,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- plastic,
- pretended,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- sham,
- simulated,
- spurious,
- strained,
- unnatural
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for concocted
concocted
verb
past tense of concoct
Synonyms & Antonyms of concocted (Entry 2 of 2)
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
- trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself
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