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

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

Baldoni denied wrongdoing and accused Lively of concocting false allegations as part of an effort to wrest creative control of the film. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

But the proposition isn’t simply about concocting an outfit for 18 holes. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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