Synonyms of invent

invent

verb

in-ˈvent 

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• concoct
• construct
• manufacture
• design
• produce
• contrive
• come up with
• think (up)
• fabricate
• drum up
• make up
• cook (up)
• excogitate
• conceive
• envision
• imagine
• hatch
• trump up
• improvise
• vamp (up)
• visualize
• dream
• envisage
• fantasize
• vision
• daydream
• coin
• extemporize
• ad-lib
• picture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imitate
• reproduce
• replicate
• mimic
• copy
• duplicate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invent

More than half a century has passed since Pink Floyd invented the larger-than-life concert spectacle, and Metallica may have perfected it at the Sphere. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026

The Wright brothers’ airplane, the cash register, the stepladder and the electric car starter were all invented in this city of 137,000. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Appropriately, a photo of Jerome Holtzman, the former Chicago Tribune baseball writer who invented the save rule, hung in the Progressive Field press box. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

The brand invented its own Transformation Backstage freestanding area, in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, where celebrities and influencers are getting their hair done. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026