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

Rent the Runway was a media darling—a necessity for a consumer brand that was inventing the new category of clothing rental and had to persuade women to try it out. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 July 2026

The brand is renowned for inventing the luxury SUV category in the 1970s with its original boxy, elevated, high-end off-roader. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026

One Round, Not Five Selective universities have spent a decade inventing ways to lock in committed students early. — Jamie Beaton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the team solved this by inventing a custom catalyst that pairs cobalt with nickel. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

Today, the chain credited for inventing sliders is based in Ohio. — Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

The financial world will keep inventing new products, acronyms, and calculators. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

Like, how much of this is Musk doing stuff, inventing stuff, innovating stuff? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Join the team inventing impactful AI solutions to shape the future of finance. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026