Synonyms for invent
ɪnˈvɛntin·vent

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1. inventverb

   Synonyms:
   discover, fangle

2. inventverb

   To design a new process or mechanism.

   After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.

   Synonyms:
   fangle, discover

3. inventverb

   To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   Synonyms:
   fangle, discover

4. inventverb

   To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

   Synonyms:
   fangle, discover

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1. invent

   Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

   See synonyms for HIDE.

   Synonyms:
   ascertain, descry, detect, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find, find out

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1. invent

   Synonyms:
   discover, contrive, concoct, imagine, elaborate, conceive, design, devise, fabricate, originate, find out, frame, forge, feign

   Antonyms:
   imitate, copy, execute, reproduce

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1. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

   come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

   Synonyms:
   excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, forge, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, formulate, project, design, machinate, devise, mold

2. fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, inventverb

   make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, even off, excogitate, concoct, counterbalance, be, represent, comprise, pay, even out, settle, catch up with, manufacture, correct, pay off, devise, construct, even up, contrive, compensate, make up, forge, cook up, fabricate, patch up, reconcile, formulate, make, constitute

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1. innovate

   make something that's new

   he's very creative. he likes to invent .

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. inventverb

   Synonyms:
   contrive (what did not before exist), devise, be the first to contrive or devise

2. inventverb

   Synonyms:
   originate, frame, imagine, conceive, concoct

3. inventverb

   Synonyms:
   fabricate, forge, coin

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1. List of paraphrases for "invent":

   inventing, reinvent, devise, re-invent, fabricate

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How to use invent in a sentence?

1. Anthony J. D'Angelo:

   If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.

2. Professor Thomas:

   That's part of it, as the world opens up culturally and economically, there are fewer certainties than there ever were before, and far more multiplicity. So people are trying to invent themselves, and make it permanent.

3. Hassan Hassan:

   Many people in the region may reject Daesh due to its extreme tactics, but the issue remains that the group exploits existing problems, it did not simply invent the problems the responders identified as factors. Daesh, put another way, is a symptom of a growing disease that needs to be tackled, and not just the disease itself.

4. Vanna Bonta:

   Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.

5. Alan Kay:

   The best way to predict the future is to invent it.