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innovate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of innovate

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

innovated a new system for filing books that dramatically improved efficiency in libraries

Synonyms of innovate

begin, constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, set up, start

Words Related to innovate

author, father, originate

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), create, devise, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, produce, think (up)

construct, put up

develop, enlarge, expand

endow, finance, fund, subsidize

arrange, organize, systematize, systemize

refound, reinitiate, reinstitute, relaunch

Near Antonyms of innovate

abolish, annihilate, annul, nullify

end, finish, halt, stop, terminate

round (off or out), wind up, wrap up

Antonyms of innovate

close (down), phase out, shut (up)

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