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

An England triumph would have put the nation that invented modern football in position to win its first World Cup since ever-distant 1966. — Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Aston Martin has invented a fantasy concept military SUV for Call of Duty. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 16 July 2026

But when certainty is the one thing nobody can honestly offer, certainty gets invented. — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 15 July 2026

An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

In 1913 there were no laws on the books about all sorts of harmful things, because of course they hadn’t been invented yet. — IEEE Spectrum, 14 July 2026

The English invented soccer but have rarely been the best at it. — Steve Douglas, AJC.com, 13 July 2026

Cloud and Compute Amazon essentially invented the cloud business, and the company has the clear advantage right now. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 July 2026

After selling that business, George invented the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device, also known as the weed whacker. — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026