Synonyms of fabricate

fabricate

verb

ˈfa-bri-ˌkāt 

1

as in to produce

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• make
• manufacture
• create
• construct
• assemble
• build
• form
• frame
• fashion
• organize
• craft
• put together
• invent
• erect
• shape
• establish
• structure
• forge
• devise
• make up
• design
• mold
• raise
• set up
• contrive
• throw up
• handcraft
• originate
• visualize
• rear
• prefabricate
• concoct
• patch (together)
• imagine
• envisage
• put up
• hew
• conceive
• knock out
• institute
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• mint
• remake
• father
• picture
• cobble (together or up)
• refashion
• remanufacture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• disassemble
• eradicate
• abolish
• break up
• demolish
• flatten
• extinguish
• ruin
• exterminate
• annihilate
• shatter
• smash
• take apart
• wreck
• dismember
• devastate
• explode
• pulverize
• blow up
• raze

2

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to construct

to form by putting together parts or materials

the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• construct
• build
• assemble
• make
• create
• erect
• found
• manufacture
• establish
• produce
• piece
• design
• make up
• confect
• set up
• raise
• rear
• generate
• invent
• put together
• concoct
• put up
• forge
• organize
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• devise
• mold
• initiate
• shape
• carpenter
• prefabricate
• originate
• contrive
• begin
• handcraft
• constitute
• inaugurate
• frame
• imagine
• fashion
• conceive
• retrofit
• innovate
• hammer
• coin
• reassemble
• combine
• institute
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• redevelop
• father
• unite
• reedify
• throw up
• rig (up)
• jerry-build

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• disassemble
• strike
• dismember
• demolish
• flatten
• tear down
• take down
• ruin
• shatter
• pulverize
• smash
• knock down
• raze
• wreck
• pull down
• devastate
• level
• detach
• explode
• demount
• blow up
• separate
• disengage
• divide
• ruinate
• disconnect
• disunite
• disjoin

4

as in to lie

to make a statement one knows to be untrue

since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lie
• prevaricate
• fib
• deceive
• perjure
• delude
• hoodwink
• forswear
• falsify
• trick
• equivocate
• distort
• dupe
• slander
• libel
• misrepresent
• misstate
• defame
• fool
• dissemble
• kid
• mislead
• dissimulate
• snow
• gull
• misreport
• beguile
• hoax
• palter
• misinform
• fudge
• take in
• cozen
• traduce
• misguide
• garble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• testify
• assert
• swear
• verify
• confirm
• validate
• substantiate
• authenticate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fabricate

There are moments where Lucky uses her scheming ways to her advantage and fabricating identities as a means of survival. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Banker Steel, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, has been tapped to fabricate the tower’s structural steel. — Luisa Yanez august 17, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026

Intel fabricates most of its own chips, including the company's valuable central processing units. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

What happened to her, Umerova said, is part of a system Russia uses to unlawfully detain, isolate, torture and fabricate charges against civilians. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026