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excogitate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of excogitate

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

she's a master at excogitating reasons not to do her assigned work

Synonyms of excogitate

concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)

Words Related to excogitate

coin, design, hatch, produce

daydream, dream, fantasize

conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize

ad-lib, extemporize, improvise

Phrases Synonymous with excogitate

come up with

Near Antonyms of excogitate

clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce

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