Synonyms of inventing

inventing

verb

present participle of invent

as in devising

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

• devising
• concocting
• constructing
• designing
• manufacturing
• producing
• contriving
• fabricating
• thinking (up)
• coming up with
• cooking (up)
• drumming up
• hatching
• conceiving
• imagining
• coining
• excogitating
• dreaming
• making up
• envisioning
• visualizing
• trumping up
• improvising
• vamping (up)
• fantasizing
• daydreaming
• envisaging
• picturing
• extemporizing
• visioning
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• copying
• duplicating
• imitating
• replicating
• mimicking
• cloning
• reduplicating
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inventing

Reference Existing Guides Figuring out how to make a workplace menopause-friendly doesn’t require re-inventing the wheel. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

But extracting rents is much easier than inventing new things. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

The collection ultimately reveals not just a four-song fluke but three fiercely ambitious young writers inventing themselves in real time. — Cary Baker, SPIN, 20 Oct. 2026

For the new movie, ILM preserved their recognizable silhouettes while inventing more realistic anatomy, movement and fighting styles. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Across both commercial ambient platforms and general-purpose models applied to clinical documentation, the more common failure is under-capture rather than inventing what wasn’t said. — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

For a guy who's such a prominent African-American to try to get in on the conversation by inventing something that never took place. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance. — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026