Synonyms of invent

invent

verb

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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