Synonyms of manufacture

manufacture 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to produce

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

the company manufactures appliances and electronics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• make
• create
• fabricate
• construct
• assemble
• build
• form
• fashion
• frame
• craft
• put together
• organize
• shape
• design
• invent
• structure
• erect
• make up
• establish
• forge
• set up
• throw up
• handcraft
• mold
• devise
• originate
• rear
• raise
• patch (together)
• hew
• put up
• knock out
• institute
• prefabricate
• mint
• conceive
• contrive
• imagine
• visualize
• think (up)
• envisage
• remanufacture
• concoct
• cook (up)
• remake
• father
• cobble (together or up)
• picture
• refashion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• disassemble
• eradicate
• break up
• abolish
• ruin
• exterminate
• extinguish
• annihilate
• take apart
• demolish
• flatten
• smash
• wreck
• shatter
• dismember
• devastate
• explode
• blow up
• pulverize
• raze

2

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• construct
• invent
• concoct
• design
• produce
• think (up)
• fabricate
• come up with
• drum up
• cook (up)
• contrive
• make up
• excogitate
• trump up
• hatch
• conceive
• vamp (up)
• envision
• imagine
• visualize
• dream
• coin
• improvise
• vision
• envisage
• fantasize
• daydream
• extemporize
• picture
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduce
• copy
• imitate
• duplicate
• replicate
• mimic
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

manufacture

2 of 2

noun

as in production

Related Words

• production
• printing
• publishing
• publication
• issuing
• distribution
• release
• dissemination
• coming out
• transmission
• broadcasting
• circulation
• propagation
• putting out
• advertising
• promotion
• propaganda
• promulgation
• syndication
• publicity
• communication
• declaration
• announcement
• notification
• advent
• emergence
• proclamation
• arrival
• debut
• appearance
• spread
• enunciation
• annunciation

Dissimilar Words

• suppression
• censorship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manufacture

Verb

Whoever wins the job won’t have to manufacture an offense from scratch. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Unbundling those vaccines and manufacturing new ones could raise costs and increase the chance that children miss doses. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Noun

Paola Fendi in the manufacture and treatment of fur, Franca Fendi in buying and management, Carla Fendi in promotion and business, Alda Fendi in directing the company’s fur ateliers, and Anna Fendi in bags and leather. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

There’s a white label on the back of the headrest with the manufacture date and the model number. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 27 July 2026