invent

Verb

Meaning

To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.

To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

devise fabricate contrive design frame manufacture formulate forge concoct make create produce plan develop generate
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Antonyms

nick become butcher snaffle break appropriate
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Hypernyms

hatch concoct think of think up dream up create by mental act

Hyponyms

vamp spin concoct mythologize confabulate trump up

Related terms

invention inventor inventory inventive invented reinvent

Phrases with the word

invent a story invent again invent anew to invent

Derivatives

invented inventing

Examples

excogitate a way to measure the speed of light Source: Internet

All languages change as speakers adopt or invent new ways of speaking and pass them on to other members of their speech community. Source: Internet

After retiring, Ron continued to invent products including the 5in1 Turkey Fryer & Food Cooking System which he has been developing for over ten years. Source: Internet

Beginning in the early 20th century, perhaps with Ionisation by Edgard Varèse which used air-raid sirens (among other things), composers began to require percussionists to invent or "find" objects to produce the desired sounds and textures. Source: Internet

Burning witches, with others held in Stocks, 14th century The Church did not invent the idea of witchcraft as a potentially harmful force whose practitioners should be put to death. Source: Internet

Although Boccaccio was the first to record the story, he almost certainly did not invent it. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

invendibility invendible invenom invent a story invent again invent anew