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

The Aquaticar was invented by Sub Sea Systems CEO/Founder Jim Mayfield, who was inspired by one of the company's existing products, a tethered diving helmet called the SeaTREK. — New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2026

The future value of intellectual property may increasingly depend not only on what an organization has already invented but also on its proprietary capacity to generate, validate and commercialize future discoveries. — Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Life invented new ways to move, and to capture, store, and use energy. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026

Following their Sega failure, Nvidia invented a graphics processing unit (GPU), a semiconductor, or chip, that has fueled the AI revolution and made Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties. — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

The latter role was invented by the British government to replace the former and allowed the monarch to maintain a semblance of global prestige while helping to facilitate the process of decolonization. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026

Hands-free fanny packs were all the rage, and microbags hadn’t even been invented. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2026

And what's tricky about this is Direct Instruction, the version invented by Zig, is the opposite of lecturing. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Nov. 2026