Synonyms of fabricating

fabricating

verb

present participle of fabricate

1

as in producing

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

• producing
• making
• manufacturing
• creating
• constructing
• assembling
• forming
• fashioning
• framing
• building
• crafting
• organizing
• erecting
• shaping
• putting together
• designing
• structuring
• inventing
• forging
• molding
• establishing
• devising
• raising
• instituting
• making up
• rearing
• concocting
• throwing up
• handcrafting
• setting up
• prefabricating
• originating
• imagining
• contriving
• visualizing
• knocking out
• remaking
• putting up
• patching (together)
• hewing
• conceiving
• picturing
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• minting
• envisaging
• fathering
• refashioning
• cobbling (together or up)
• remanufacturing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• disassembling
• abolishing
• wrecking
• eradicating
• ruining
• flattening
• breaking up
• extinguishing
• demolishing
• shattering
• smashing
• exterminating
• devastating
• pulverizing
• taking apart
• annihilating
• dismembering
• exploding
• razing
• blowing up

2

as in devising

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

• devising
• concocting
• constructing
• inventing
• designing
• manufacturing
• producing
• thinking (up)
• contriving
• cooking (up)
• coming up with
• drumming up
• hatching
• making up
• excogitating
• trumping up
• imagining
• vamping (up)
• conceiving
• coining
• envisioning
• dreaming
• visualizing
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• daydreaming
• improvising
• picturing
• visioning
• extemporizing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• duplicating
• copying
• imitating
• replicating
• cloning
• mimicking
• reduplicating
• copycatting

3

as in constructing

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

• constructing
• building
• assembling
• making
• creating
• erecting
• designing
• manufacturing
• establishing
• producing
• piecing
• confecting
• raising
• rearing
• making up
• concocting
• inventing
• setting up
• generating
• molding
• forging
• fashioning
• rebuilding
• putting together
• putting up
• organizing
• shaping
• reconstructing
• framing
• devising
• hammering
• initiating
• instituting
• prefabricating
• constituting
• coining
• imagining
• handcrafting
• originating
• contriving
• innovating
• carpentering
• inaugurating
• retrofitting
• conceiving
• beginning
• combining
• reassembling
• founding
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• redeveloping
• fathering
• uniting
• reedifying
• throwing up
• rigging (up)
• jerry-building

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• disassembling
• destroying
• striking
• dismembering
• wrecking
• demolishing
• ruining
• flattening
• tearing down
• taking down
• shattering
• smashing
• pulverizing
• leveling
• knocking down
• devastating
• razing
• pulling down
• exploding
• detaching
• demounting
• dividing
• separating
• blowing up
• disengaging
• disconnecting
• ruinating
• disuniting
• disjoining

4

as in lying

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

• lying
• fibbing
• prevaricating
• deceiving
• perjuring
• deluding
• tricking
• duping
• slandering
• falsifying
• fooling
• hoodwinking
• forswearing
• misrepresenting
• libeling
• distorting
• defaming
• misstating
• equivocating
• misreporting
• kidding
• fudging
• hoaxing
• misleading
• dissembling
• gulling
• snowing
• misinforming
• dissimulating
• paltering
• taking in
• traducing
• cozening
• beguiling
• misguiding
• garbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asserting
• testifying
• verifying
• confirming
• validating
• swearing
• substantiating
• authenticating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fabricating

But fabricating his medical history is almost amusingly reckless considering just how consequential the specifics of Kaczynski’s thinking became. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026

So Apple switched to individually fabricating the CPU and GPU on their own smaller dies, then combining the two with Fusion Architecture, a low-latency interconnect that lets the two halves function as a whole. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

The Western District of Missouri has led efforts to prosecute pandemic-relief cases this year, including defendants accused of fabricating payroll figures, submitting false tax documents and using PPP proceeds for personal expenses. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

During the 2017 trial, Constand testified for eight hours and Cosby didn’t take the stand, but his defense team countered her claims and argued Constand was fabricating the story. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Impressively, Fever retained the Dax's single-channel front ABS system by machining custom wheel-speed sensor discs and fabricating mounts for both the ABS module and the factory tip-over sensor. — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

Replacing the conventional approach Chip manufacturers have conventionally used the reactive-ion etching (RIE) process for fabricating their semiconductor chips. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Deputy Isaiah Williams is charged with domestic battery by strangulation, battery causing bodily harm, tampering or fabricating evidence and robbery sudden snatching. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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