All invent synonyms
inΒ·vent
I i verb invent
- come up with β If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- fashion β a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- dream up β a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- formulate β to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- devise β If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- conceive β If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- originate β to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- discover β to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- design β When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- forge β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- find β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- concoct β If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- improvise β to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- author β The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- hatch β to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
- contrive β If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- ad-lib β If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- wing β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- project β something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- inaugurate β to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- plan β a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- imagine β to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- coin β A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money.
- mint β Mint Is Not TRAC
- frame β a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- improve β to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- feign β to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- misstate β to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- prevaricate β to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- fib β a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- vamp β a seductive woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.
- misrepresent β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- falsify β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- envision β Imagine as a future possibility; visualize.
- execute β execution
- fabricate β to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- equivocate β Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.