THINK (UP) Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

think (up)

verb

Definition of think (up)

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers

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Judge Kaplan gave the city two weeks to devise a plan for handing over the names.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
To avoid such pitfalls, researchers want to devise tests of introspection that can’t be gamed using outside information.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of devise

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Its beauty is only rivalled by the bubbling powder-blue domes of nearby Süleymaniye Mosque, constructed by Mimar Sinan, a contemporary of Michelangelo.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Amentum, by contrast, brings the nuclear safety protocols, systems engineering, and large-scale delivery management needed to construct actual industrial facilities.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of construct

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An amalgam of the precise and the visionary, such as Turner alone could concoct.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Churchill got the approval of Gilded Age showrunner and creator Julian Fellowes, as well as HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi and CEO Casey Bloys, and then concocted a way that the cameo could work without being too distracting to the audience.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of concoct

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Following their Sega failure, Nvidia invented a graphics processing unit (GPU), a semiconductor, or chip, that has fueled the AI revolution and made Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties.

— Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of invent

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