Invent (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Concoct something artificial or untrue.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Cook Up
• Manufacture
• Make Up
• Fabricate

Hypernyms

• Hatch
• Dream Up
• Think Of
• Think Up

Hyponyms

• Mythologise
• Spin
• Trump Up
• Concoct
• Vamp
• Vamp Up
• Mythologize
• Confabulate

Related Words

• Invention (noun)

Meaning ²

Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Contrive
• Formulate
• Forge
• Excogitate
• Devise

Hypernyms

• Create Mentally

Related Words

• Inventive (adjective)
• Inventor (noun)
• Invention (noun)