Synonyms of concocting

concocting

verb

present participle of concoct

as in devising

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

• devising
• inventing
• constructing
• designing
• producing
• manufacturing
• contriving
• fabricating
• thinking (up)
• coming up with
• cooking (up)
• hatching
• drumming up
• imagining
• excogitating
• making up
• dreaming
• conceiving
• envisioning
• trumping up
• coining
• fantasizing
• visualizing
• vamping (up)
• improvising
• daydreaming
• envisaging
• picturing
• visioning
• extemporizing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• duplicating
• copying
• imitating
• replicating
• mimicking
• cloning
• reduplicating
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concocting

Ghost also accused Wilson and her PR team of concocting a smear campaign against her. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026

According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture? — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026

Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury. — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026

The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026

Later in the episode, Kody took aim at Janelle, accusing her once again of concocting a plan to try and sell Coyote Pass out from under Meri. — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026