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

After an uneasy initial meeting, the two women unleash a passion neither knew could exist, with Olivia concocting a way for Tamsin to move into the Madden home. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

When the Farmer destroys the flock’s pumpkin patch, Shaun turns mad scientist, concocting a growth potion to put things right. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Explanations require concocting narratives and then defending them. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Secrecy laws like Georgia’s shield the public from awareness of the growing costs of pharmacists concocting drugs and the doctors administering the injections. — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026

The figure concocting this foreign mist of positivity, Sumrall, grunted and frowned through the evening. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

And so, my mind began to wander, concocting dark stories about our new home. — Ashley Woo, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

So, too, do the antics of his estate manager (a buoyant Sam Adegoke), always concocting money-making schemes, and the wide-eyed adoration of the girl next door (Amelia Mason, deftly balancing naïveté with seductiveness), who wants to save him. — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Think hands-on, creative culinary practices like concocting herbal infusions, blending spices, and fermenting. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026