CONCOCTING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of concocting 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 So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them. —

Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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States are getting creative in devising how the money will be collected either through taxation or voluntary donations by state residents.

— Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026