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

Martha’s concocted plenty over the years, including her cider-bourbon cocktail made with apple cider, bourbon, lemon juice, ginger, and apple garnishes. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

The young lady had specially flown in from New York and Alan had concocted a piece of simple blackmail. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

The whole thing plays like something concocted by an 8th grader sitting in the back of biology class and doodling movie ideas in his notebook, offering more proof that Besson has never quite risen above the juvenile tendencies of his early years. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

As is true of the best novels, the story emerges not as a scheme concocted by the author, but as an organic outcome of each character’s growth over the life of the book. — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

But this is largely a myth, concocted by critics and cool kids to explain away and undercut the popularity of their music. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 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