Need another word that means the same as “invent”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “invent” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Invent” are: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture, originate, create, innovate, design, develop, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “invent” as a verb can have the following definitions:
concoct | Make a concoction of by mixing. She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him. |
contrive | Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation. You contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision. |
cook up | Prepare a hot meal. |
create | Create or manufacture a man made product. Create a furor. |
design | Create the design for create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner. Design a new sales strategy. |
develop | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. A flower developed on the branch. |
devise | Leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will. Devise a plan to take over the director s office. |
dream up | Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. |
excogitate | Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light. |
fabricate | Concoct something artificial or untrue. Officers fabricated evidence. |
forge | Move ahead steadily. She forged a Green Card. |
formulate | Put into words or an expression. Use special effects paints that are formulated for the task. |
hatch | Emerge from the eggs. Hatch the sheet. |
innovate | Bring something new to an environment. We continue to innovate new products. |
make up | Be suitable for. |
manufacture | Make (something) on a large scale using machinery. Julia manufactured a smile. |
originate | Bring into being. The word originated as a marketing term. |
trump up | Raise. |
assembler | A person who assembles a machine or its parts. |
build | Build or establish something abstract. People scrimp and save to build a better life for their children. |
contrive | Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. He contrived to flood the flat three times. |
create | Create by artistic means. He was created a baronet. |
devise | A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone. A training programme should be devised. |
engineer | Design as an engineer. She engineered another meeting with him. |
establish | Build or establish something abstract. Establish a new department. |
experimenter | A person who performs a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something. She was an experimenter in new forms of poetry. |
fabricate | Invent (something) in order to deceive. The company fabricates plastic chairs. |
forge | A blacksmith’s workshop; a smithy. Forge a pair of tongues. |
formulate | Put into words or an expression. Use special effects paints that are formulated for the task. |
found | Use as a basis for found on. They worked for 30 and found. |
generate | Give or supply. The computer bug generated chaos in the office. |
generation | The normal time between successive generations. The third generation of computers. |
industrial | Relating to or denoting a type of harsh uncompromising rock music incorporating sounds resembling those produced by industrial machinery. Industrial work. |
innovate | Bring something new to an environment. The company s failure to diversify and innovate competitively. |
install | Place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position ready for use. The new president was installed immediately after the election. |
inventor | A person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation. |
machine | Make by machinery. A fax machine. |
make | Make or cause to be or to become. I make the height about 100 feet. |
maker | God. Makers of rubber products. |
making | The process of making or producing something. She had the makings of a great teacher. |
manufacture | Manufactured articles. The porcelain manufacture for which France became justly renowned. |
manufacturing | The making of articles on a large scale using machinery; industrial production. Even in manufacturing they no longer dominate. |
produce | Bring forth or yield. The work was in some degree the produce of their joint efforts. |
productive | Yielding positive results. The country s productive capacity. |
scientist | A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences. A research scientist. |
semiconductor | A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals either due to the addition of an impurity or because of temperature effects Devices made of semiconductors notably silicon are essential components of most electronic circuits. |
technician | Someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique. A laboratory technician. |
toolmaker | Someone skilled in making or repairing tools. |
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