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

The trade desk said the arrangement would allow consumers to identify both the American farm that supplied the cotton and the African plant that manufactured the garment. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Worthington Enterprises — The industrial manufacturing company's stock rose 4% on an encouraging outlook from leadership. — Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Noun

About 15 percent of a subset of the products tested contained measurable levels of endotoxin, a sign of bacterial contamination during manufacture. — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

Crib standards also change, as drop-sided cribs were banned from manufacture in 2011, with the most recent crib regulation update being August 1, 2026. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026