Synonyms of invented

invented 1 of 2

adjective

as in fictitious

not real and existing only in the imagination

a daydreamer who lives mostly in her invented magic kingdom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fictitious
• fictional
• imaginary
• imagined
• mythical
• fantasied
• imaginal
• ideal
• phantom
• pretend
• make-believe
• fanciful
• unreal
• chimerical
• legendary
• fantastic
• made-up
• visionary
• fabulous
• theoretical
• notional
• unlikely
• phantasmal
• conceived
• fabled
• romantic
• envisioned
• phantasmic
• hypothetical
• concocted
• visualized
• abstract
• unbelievable
• envisaged
• deceptive
• pictured
• fabricated
• unconvincing
• illusory
• fictive
• nonexistent
• hallucinatory
• delusive
• phantasmagoric
• feigned
• delusional
• daydreamlike
• inexistent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• actual
• existing
• true
• existent
• authentic
• genuine
• verifiable
• factual
• convincing
• realistic
• physical
• solid
• substantial
• believable
• verified
• material
• corporeal
• tangible
• palpable

invented

2 of 2

verb

past tense of invent

as in devised

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

• devised
• concocted
• constructed
• designed
• manufactured
• produced
• thought (up)
• came up with
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• contrived
• conceived
• hatched
• excogitated
• coined
• made up
• trumped up
• envisioned
• dreamed
• drummed up
• vamped (up)
• imagined
• visualized
• improvised
• fantasized
• envisaged
• daydreamed
• visioned
• extemporized
• pictured
• ad-libbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copied
• reproduced
• duplicated
• imitated
• mimicked
• cloned
• replicated
• reduplicated
• copycatted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invented

Verb

Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the solar system and saw the amazing ring system. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 30 July 2026

Rent the Runway invented a category, but has struggled since the pandemic. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 July 2026

The World World Web was invented by a scientist at CERN who was trying to share data between different institutions. — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Moved by how quickly language can be lost in Indigenous communities, Danielle Boyer invented the SkoBot, a toy robot that helps inspire Indigenous children to learn and preserve their endangered languages. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 July 2026

Consider the Iron Dome, American-funded and Israeli-invented. — Aaron Kaplowitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Worse yet, amplifying the challenge is having to create a new national industry with a set of technologies that are still being invented. — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

One thing that really struck me in that Postman book was that before radio and television was invented, there was no way to be a reader, because there was no way to not be a reader. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Bungling comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman) creates global Armageddon-like havoc by breaking a device invented by Sheldon and Leonard, neither of whom appear in the series. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 July 2026