Synonyms of excogitate

excogitate

verb

as in to devise

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 & Similar Words

• devise
• concoct
• construct
• invent
• design
• manufacture
• contrive
• trump up
• drum up
• produce
• conceive
• visualize
• hatch
• make up
• come up with
• cook (up)
• fabricate
• extemporize
• think (up)
• dream
• envisage
• envision
• daydream
• improvise
• imagine
• fantasize
• vision
• vamp (up)
• coin
• ad-lib
• picture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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