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

Artists will spend 7–10 days fabricating the work in the studio. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 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

Raleigh Iron Works Between midtown and downtown, a historic steel-fabricating site has been transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use hub at Raleigh Iron Works. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026

Trevino faces a charge of capital murder while attempting to commit robbery and also faces a charge of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with the intent to impair, according to Tarrant County Jail records. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026

As the writer and director of The Station Agent (2003) and The Visitor (2008), Tom McCarthy had a successful behind-the-scenes career before taking on the role of Scott Templeton, season 5's fabricating reporter. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 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