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

Sun Pharma had previously said the site was expected to become one of its largest manufacturing ⁠hubs for sterile products in a business identified as a key global growth driver. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026

When pressed on the economy, Gruters pointed to Trump’s push to limit federal taxes on tips and overtime pay, to create investment accounts for children and to bring back manufacturing jobs. — Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Instead of tech, companies tied to industrial and manufacturing businesses in Europe could continue to benefit from the ramp up in defense spending there. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Goebbels knew the value of fake news and was an expert in manufacturing it. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

The company maintains that its technology can produce commercially competitive recycled materials but said market conditions had prevented it from sustaining manufacturing operations in the Netherlands. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Albany Engineered Composites has invested more than $36 million in manufacturing capabilities for hypersonic vehicles, solid rocket motors, and space systems, as the company expands production infrastructure for advanced high-temperature materials. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Fashion’s nature risks and dependencies are wide-reaching, from cotton harvests ravaged by drought and leather supply chains riddled with deforestation, to manufacturing hubs struggling with water scarcity and retail networks affected by flooding. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

But Moderna President Stephen Hoge said the company’s special cancer vaccine manufacturing facility in Massachusetts is providing doses for thousands of people enrolled in multiple studies underway internationally. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026