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
• kidding
• equivocating
• misreporting
• 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

These include cases in which the men were exonerated through DNA or blood evidence and others in which police are accused of fabricating evidence. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026

One of the first bolt-on acquisitions Lucas Philips tried to close was a tiny shop in rural Oregon — a guy who had spent decades fabricating custom interiors for Porsches. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

For instance, a threat actor could easily dupe a campaign manager or IT volunteer by fabricating an alert claiming Mythos or another new model has compromised their website or donation forms. — Kevin Tian, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The manufacturing strategy focuses on fabricating units in small, modular sizes. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026

The complaint listed examples like Bing Chat citing fake quotes from Steve Forbes’ daughter Moira Forbes and ChatGPT fabricating an NYT article that was never published but ChatGPT claimed linked non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma to consuming orange juice. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Even as cracks began to appear in her story, Parker doubled down on the deception, fabricating medical records and pregnancy updates to keep the ruse alive. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

He was also accused of fabricating personal credit-card reimbursements and forging fake receipts, Bonta said. — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 17 June 2026

The 15-year-old boy is charged with criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm by a minor and tampering with/fabricating physical evidence. — Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 June 2026