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invented

ADJECTIVE

fictitious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assumed created fabricated fanciful fictional imaginary imagined made-up simulated unreal

STRONG

concocted counterfeit fake faked fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham

WEAK

apocryphal artificial bogus chimerical cooked-up deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious false fantastic fantastical fictive figmental hyped-up illusory make believe mythical phony romantic spurious suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real true

STRONG

truthful

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Invented in 1946 by General Electric scientists in upstate New York, cloud seeding works because silver iodide particles resemble ice crystals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Invented in the 1940s, countries have been seeding clouds for decades to alleviate drought, fight forest fires and even to disperse fog at airports.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Somehow, despite all of the above, Susan Morrison’s “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live” — out Tuesday — emerges as indispensable, especially for “SNL” completists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

Invented for that purpose in 1874 by C.F.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Invented by Bobby, this was a variation on the standard game.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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