invent
- verb (v)
Meaning: create, think up
Synonyms:
ad-lib
author
bear
bring into being
coin
come upon
come up with
compose
conceive
contrive
cook up
design
devise
discover
dream up
envision
execute
fake
fashion
find
forge
form
formulate
frame
hatch
imagine
improve
improvise
inaugurate
initiate
jam
knock off
make
make up
mint
off-the-cuff
originate
plan
produce
project
toss off
turn out
wing
Antonyms:
steal
- verb (v)
Meaning: fabricate
Synonyms:
concoct
conjure up
create out of thin air
equivocate
fake
falsify
feign
fib
forge
lie
make believe
make up
misrepresent
misstate
pretend
prevaricate
simulate
tell a white lie
tell untruth
think up
trump up
vamp
Antonyms:
tell truth
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