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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, craft, create, design, discover, dope out, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up, vamp, whip up, work out |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improvise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, brainstorm, coin, concoct, contrive, dash off, devise, do off top of head, do offhand, dream up, extemporize, fake, fake it, improv, improvisate, invent, jam*, knock off, make do, slapdash, spark, speak off the cuff, throw together, wing it |
| Antonyms: | design, devise, plan, premeditate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, blend, coin, combine, compose, compound, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, devise, dream up, fabricate, fabulize, fake it, fashion, fictionalize, fix, formulate, frame, fuse, hatch, improv, improvise, invent, join, knock off, make, meld, merge, mingle, mix, originate, play by ear, prepare, pretend, put together, ready, storify, trump up, whip up, wing it, write |
| Antonyms: | be real, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | posture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display an attitude |
| Synonyms: | affect, attitudinize, display, do a bit, do for effect, fake, fake it, make a show, masquerade, pass for, pass off, playact, pose, put on airs, put up a front, show off* |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
| Main Entry: | wing it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improvise |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, concoct, devise, do off the top of your head, do offhand, fake it, improv, invent, make do, make up, play it by ear, speak off the cuff, throw together |
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