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

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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

Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Maybe that’s an absurd quibble, though, for a series that is proudly manufactured from the very beginning. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Noun

Expansion also continues at Blue Origin’s Rocket Park where a $330 million building is in the works to support the manufacture of the upper stages needed for its larger New Glenn rockets. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

With a new Swiss manufacture in the works and Vanguart’s first decade on the horizon, there is a definite sense that the house is tapping into an irresistible horological energy, propelled forward by a passionate customer base. — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026