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invent
verb as in create, think up
Strongest matches
bear, come up with, conceive, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, fashion, find, forge, formulate, initiate, originate, produce
Strong matches
ad-lib, author, coin, compose, contrive, execute, fake, form, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, jam, make, mint, plan, project, wing
Weak matches
bring into being, come upon, cook up, knock off, make up, off-the-cuff, toss off, turn out
verb as in fabricate
Strong matches
equivocate, fake, falsify, feign, fib, lie, misrepresent, misstate, pretend, prevaricate, simulate, vamp
Weak matches
conjure up, create out of thin air, make believe, make up, tell a white lie, tell untruth, think up, trump up
Example Sentences
Credo invented the AEC, which is a copper-based cable used to attach AI servers to networking switches.
Now, with Beagle and Barker, two more have come forward to allege they were told to invent the stories that led to their lawsuits.
“From Dillard & Clark to the Burritos, to the Eagles, he actually helped invent a genre.”
There aren't many musicians whose sound is so distinctive and influential that the music industry invents a whole new genre to describe it.
Even when he rewrites precedent and invents his own doctrines, his steps have been plotted years in advance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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