Definitions

forging

[fawr-jing, fohr-] / ˈfɔr dʒɪŋ, ˈfoʊr- /

ADJECTIVE

making

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplishing building composing constructing creating effecting executing fabricating fashioning forming generating manufacturing originating producing shaping

NOUN

making

Synonyms

STRONGEST

formulation

STRONG

authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning occasioning origination performing planning producing production shaping

Antonyms

STRONG

destruction ruin

NOUN

manufacture/manufacturing

Synonyms

WEAK

accomplishment assembling assembly casting completion composing composition construction creation doing erection fabrication finishing formation making mass-production preparing produce tooling

NOUN

manufacturing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

construction manufacture

STRONG

accomplishment assembling assembly casting completion composing composition creation doing erection fabrication finishing formation making preparing produce tooling

WEAK

mass-production

NOUN

origin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

birth genesis

STRONG

alpha commencement creation dawn dawning embarkation emergence entrance entry foundation inauguration ingress initiation introduction launch nativity opener origination outbreak outset rise start

WEAK

blast off day one early stage git go square one starting point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conclusion end finish

STRONG

close completion death ending exit stop

WEAK

consequence destiny effect finale goal outcome outgrowth result termination

Example Sentences

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Forging is closer to modeling plaster or clay in that you take a material and—with far more effort—shape it into something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Forging new platonic relationships with straight men outside of these categories feels more fraught.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Forging political compromises in the world’s largest archipelago nation with deep religious, ethnic and economic divides has been a constant struggle even by past leaders.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Forging connections between people who live on different sides of the world had been "the greatest honour" of Rob McElhenney's life.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2023

Forging a union with Cleopatra implied that Mark Antony— already known as the new Dionysus—was divine, too.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016