Synonyms of creation

creation

noun

krē-ˈā-shən 

1

as in innovation

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination

Dr. Frankenstein was divinely proud of his creation, at least at first

Synonyms & Similar Words

• innovation
• invention
• product
• coinage
• concoction
• conception
• brainchild
• wrinkle
• device
• contrivance
• design
• work
• origination
• novelty
• gadget
• dream
• vision
• contraption
• fantasy
• gizmo
• picture
• imagining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduction
• copy
• imitation
• duplicate
• duplication
• replication
• clone
• facsimile
• replica
• carbon copy
• dupe
• reduplication

2

as in universe

the whole body of things observed or assumed

an unshakable belief in a primal source, a fount of all creation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• universe
• world
• nature
• existence
• cosmos
• macrocosm
• reality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• void
• nothingness

3

as in promotion

a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position

the creation of an unprecedented number of new cardinals by the pope

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promotion
• advancement
• ascent
• rise
• upgrading
• elevation
• upgrade
• preference
• preferment
• glorification
• aggrandizement
• exaltation
• magnification
• ennoblement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reduction
• degradation
• removal
• suspension
• demotion
• deposition
• expulsion
• discharge
• dismissal
• abasement
• downgrade
• overthrow
• impeachment
• ouster
• disrating
• comedown
• downfall
• fall
• dethronement
• unmaking
• unseating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of creation

From a pharmaceutical point of view, this opened the door to the creation of chiral drugs containing only the necessary version of the molecule, achieving greater precision and lower side effects. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026

Both companies also have a storied history — some of it even recent — of non-franchise creations, whose creators are worried about what will be left for them as big swaths of Hollywood fear for their jobs and productions. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Oddly, playing this cold-hearted version of a man all-consumed by the success of his own creation works even better with this casting. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

On their way to the Bahamas in 1940, where the duke would serve as governor, Simpson sported one of her new creations, a blazing Cartier flamingo brooch, encrusted with diamonds, emeralds, citrines, rubies, and sapphires. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026