INVENTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INVENTION?

Need another word that means the same as “invention”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “invention” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Invention” are: innovation, conception, design, excogitation, origination, creation, devising, contrivance, formulation, development, contraption, construction, device, gadget, apparatus, machine, inventiveness, originality, creativity, creativeness, imagination, imaginativeness, inspiration, fabrication, concoction, fiction, piece of fiction, yarn, story, tale, figment of one's imagination

Invention as a Noun

Definitions of "Invention" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “invention” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Creative ability.
• Something fabricated or made up.
• Something, typically a process or device, that has been invented.
• The action of inventing something, typically a process or device.
• The creation of something in the mind.
• Used as a title for a short piece of music.
• The act of inventing.
• A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.

Synonyms of "Invention" as a noun (31 Words)

apparatus	Equipment designed to serve a specific function. One thing about the book s apparatus does irritate the absence of an index of titles.
conception	A plan or intention. The conception of a balance of power.
concoction	Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. He volunteered to taste her latest concoction.
construction	A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit. The central waterway was a spectacular construction.
contraption	A machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe. Repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits.
contrivance	The act of devising something. The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable.
creation	An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. Job creation.
creativeness	The ability to create.
creativity	The ability to create. Firms are keen to encourage creativity.
design	An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. He has just unveiled his design for the new museum.
development	The section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. He congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency.
device	Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect. A device intended to conserve water.
devising	A will disposing of real property. The devising of plans.
excogitation	The creation of something in the mind.
fabrication	An invention; a lie. The assembly and fabrication of electronic products.
fiction	A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. The notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction.
figment of one's imagination	A contrived or fantastic idea.
formulation	A substance prepared according to a formula. Post shave formulations which keep skin soft.
gadget	A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one. A variety of kitchen gadgets.
imagination	The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses. Imagination reveals what the world could be.
imaginativeness	The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses.
innovation	A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. Innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any organization.
inspiration	Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. Helen had one of her flashes of inspiration.
inventiveness	The quality of being inventive; creativity. His comic inventiveness.
machine	A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine. The party s fund raising is helping it to build a formidable political machine.
originality	The ability to think and act independently. She s a writer of great originality.
origination	An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. There are a number of theories on the origination of the name.
piece of fiction	A serving that has been cut from a larger portion.
story	A plot or storyline. The novel has a good story.
tale	A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. She enjoyed hearing others tell their tales.
yarn	Spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing. Hanks of pale green yarn.

Usage Examples of "Invention" as a noun

• His powers of invention were rather limited.
• The invention of printing in the 15th century.
• Bach's two-part Inventions.
• You know my story is an invention.
• Medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel.

Associations of "Invention" (30 Words)

abstraction	Something which exists only as an idea. Critics sought the meaning of O Keeffe s abstractions.
artwork	Paintings, drawings, or other artistic works. Each artwork is reproduced in colour on a full page.
conceive	Form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind. The dam project was originally conceived in 1977.
conception	An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. The conception of a balance of power.
contrive	Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation. His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis.
create	Create by artistic means. He was created a baronet.
creation	The human act of creating. Job creation.
creative	A person whose job involves creative work. A creative team of designers.
creatively	In an original or imaginative way. This article inspires you to think creatively.
creativeness	The ability to create.
creativity	The ability to create. Firms are keen to encourage creativity.
devise	Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought. Devise a plan to take over the director s office.
discovery	The action or process of discovering or being discovered. The discovery of the body.
feign	Make believe with the intent to deceive. He feigned sleep.
figment	A thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination. It really was Ross and not a figment of her overheated imagination.
freshness	The property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated. He brings freshness to a familiar story.
groundbreaking	The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. Groundbreaking research into fertility problems.
hallucinatory	Of or resembling a hallucination. A hallucinatory drug.
idea	The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about. He has an idea that we don t like him.
imagination	The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses. She d never been blessed with a vivid imagination.
imaginative	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action. Making imaginative use of computer software.
ingenious	(of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose. His theory while ingenious is most assuredly incorrect.
ingenuity	The property of being ingenious. A plot of great ingenuity.
innovation	A new method, idea, product, etc. Technological innovations designed to save energy.
innovative	(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original. Innovative designs.
inventive	Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally. The most inventive composer of his time.
make	Make by shaping or bringing together constituents. Make a dress.
new	Beginning anew and in a transformed way. Ready to take a new direction.
novelty	Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel. In 1914 air travel was still a novelty.
originality	The quality of being novel or unusual. He congratulated her on the originality of her costume.