Synonyms of manufacturing

manufacturing

verb

present participle of manufacture

1

as in producing

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

the company manufactures appliances and electronics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• creating
• assembling
• building
• constructing
• fabricating
• forming
• framing
• fashioning
• crafting
• putting together
• organizing
• shaping
• designing
• structuring
• molding
• erecting
• forging
• inventing
• rearing
• establishing
• making up
• originating
• throwing up
• handcrafting
• raising
• setting up
• knocking out
• devising
• putting up
• thinking (up)
• prefabricating
• patching (together)
• instituting
• remanufacturing
• cooking (up)
• remaking
• visualizing
• minting
• hewing
• conceiving
• imagining
• contriving
• concocting
• cobbling (together or up)
• fathering
• picturing
• refashioning
• envisaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• disassembling
• wrecking
• breaking up
• abolishing
• flattening
• ruining
• eradicating
• extinguishing
• devastating
• taking apart
• shattering
• smashing
• exterminating
• pulverizing
• demolishing
• exploding
• annihilating
• dismembering
• blowing up
• razing

2

as in devising

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manufacturing

Lyntris completed the qualification after nearly two years of manufacturing development and testing with Raytheon. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

The challenge facing most organizations today is the ability to deploy AI reliably, securely and at scale across core processes—from supply chains and manufacturing operations to financial operations, credit decisions and risk management. — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 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

Over time, Italy has built a distinctive entrepreneurial and manufacturing ecosystem, capable of translating ideas into products that combine quality and global relevance. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

But Fox News Digital has not independently verified that the more ambitious provision in the roadmap — manufacturing Russian aircraft components inside Iran — was implemented. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Another said that manufacturing growth in the mid-Atlantic region was stronger than economists expected. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Officers found fentanyl in both pill and powder form, as well as materials for manufacturing fentanyl pills. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Prysmian’s influence in Catawba County For Claremont expansion represents the largest manufacturing investment in Catawba County’s history, said Randy Isenhower, the chairman of the Board of Commissioners. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026