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invent
verb as in create, think up
Strongest matches
bear, come up with, conceive, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, fashion, find, forge, formulate, initiate, originate, produce
Strong matches
ad-lib, author, coin, compose, contrive, execute, fake, form, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, jam, make, mint, plan, project, wing
Weak matches
bring into being, come upon, cook up, knock off, make up, off-the-cuff, toss off, turn out
verb as in fabricate
Strong matches
equivocate, fake, falsify, feign, fib, lie, misrepresent, misstate, pretend, prevaricate, simulate, vamp
Weak matches
conjure up, create out of thin air, make believe, make up, tell a white lie, tell untruth, think up, trump up
Example Sentences
It’s the kind of zippy, immersive crime thriller that reminds you of the international lingua franca that Scorsese all but invented with “Goodfellas.”
The thick, brown condiment - made primarily from yeast extract - was invented in the Victorian capital of Melbourne more than a century ago as an alternative to the British spread Marmite.
He invented a safety brake that would keep an elevator securely in place, even if the main cable snapped.
“If they don’t know the answer, they will invent something.”
In Chicago, she talked to toy industry executives, game designers and inventors, including former Minnesota politician Doug Reuter, who invented the classic board game Sequence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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