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

This configuration is designed to remain operational despite manufacturing deviations and wear that develops during extended operation. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

This includes companies adding manufacturing shifts, increasing batch sizes, and prioritizing production of estradiol patches. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

These brands benefited from the moment without manufacturing athletic equipment or appearing on the official sponsorship board. — Alison Bringé, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Looking ahead and in response to the ever-changing global luxury industry, the school has continued its investment and development of the city’s creative and manufacturing heritage. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s TSMC aims to use the technology for manufacturing the most advanced chips for its customers—including companies like AMD, Apple, Nvidia, and Qualcomm—starting in 2030. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

But Curry was growing up in a manufacturing hotspot, which today produces most of the world's recreational vehicles, bottles the bulk of North America's Febreze and processes wood, plastic and aluminum. — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2026

The Jean Dubost company has been manufacturing cutlery in Thiers, France for more than a century, and that history is reflected in the quality of this silverware. — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026