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

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Forging partnerships with AI companies isn’t consulting as usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Forging an identity on the ice and within the city’s sports community has proved an ill-timed endeavor this season for a Kraken squad struggling to get both facets in sync.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Forging human connection is part of my job.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

“I’d play something from the Brightfield Cycle. The Forging of the Path or somesuch.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016