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All invent synonyms

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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, 1880–1940, 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.
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