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

Some companies looking to take this even further pursue deep vertical integration, manufacturing in-house all the way down to the foundry as SpaceX does, which takes still longer to build and still more capital to sustain. — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Frankenberg also argued that countering large numbers of drones requires manufacturing radar systems at comparable scale. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

The Facebook and Instagram parent announced plans to begin manufacturing its own AI chip as part of a broader push to expand its computing capacity to 14 gigawatts next year, signaling that capital expenditures are unlikely to slow anytime soon. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the military carried out a strike on arms industry facilities in Kyiv overnight, hitting a plant that was manufacturing components for Flamingo cruise missiles and a facility assembling mid- and long-range drones. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

The company aims to start manufacturing in Sacramento County in the first quarter of 2027. — Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

The initial collaboration will center on lightweight materials, bonding and surface preparation, manufacturing optimization, laboratory testing and trackside support. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 3 July 2026

Much like today’s independent watchmakers, their reputations rested not simply on manufacturing every part themselves, but on transforming components into exceptional finished watches. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

Africa’s vaccine manufacturing ambitions are entering a different phase. — Paul Adepoju, semafor.com, 2 July 2026