invent
Create from nothing
To invent is to create something that didn't exist before—a device, method, or concept: Edison invented the phonograph.
The word implies originality rather than discovery of something already present.
Invent also means to fabricate or make up: She invented an excuse for being late.
An invention can be a useful creation or a lie.
Create through ingenuity
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- originateTo come into existence
- formulateCreate methodically
- designPurposeful creative planning
engineer · develop · craft · forge · construct · fabricate · prototype · compose
Deliberate falsehood
- fibTrivial, harmless falsehood
- falsifyDistort the truth
- concoctInvent or devise
- make upFacial beauty products
deceive · mislead · distort · exaggerate · embellish · misrepresent · counterfeit · forge
Early explorer or settler
- revolutionizeChange something fundamentally
- innovateIntroduce novel methods
- transformChange completely in form
- modernizeMake contemporary
advance · improve · breakthrough · discover · trailblaze · disrupt · leapfrog · evolve
Constructed tool or machine
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- gizmoNameless mechanical device
- widgetUnspecified small device
- gadgetNovel small device
apparatus · mechanism · machine · prototype · tool · instrument · appliance · creation
Spontaneous idea generation
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- ideateForm mental concepts
- imagineForm mental pictures
- envisionPicture in thought
visualize · theorize · hypothesize · sketch · whiteboard · mindmap · workshop · collaborate
devise
Create through ingenuity
design · engineer · develop · craft · forge · construct · fabricate · prototype · compose · synthesize
lie
Deliberate falsehood
make up · deceive · mislead · distort · exaggerate · embellish · misrepresent · counterfeit · forge · fake
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- revolutionizeChange something fundamentally
- innovateIntroduce novel methods
- transformChange completely in form
modernize · advance · improve · breakthrough · discover · trailblaze · disrupt · leapfrog · evolve · renew
device
Constructed tool or machine
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- gizmoNameless mechanical device
- widgetUnspecified small device
gadget · apparatus · mechanism · machine · prototype · tool · instrument · appliance · creation · brainchild
brainstorm
Spontaneous idea generation
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- ideateForm mental concepts
- imagineForm mental pictures
envision · visualize · theorize · hypothesize · sketch · whiteboard · mindmap · workshop · collaborate · divergent
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
copyright · application · filing · USPTO · infringement · license · prior art · claims · grant · protection
- inventdevise, create, conceive, come up with, think up
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- innovationinnovation, innovative, innovate, breakthrough, innovator
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- creativityimagination, creativity, brainstorming, unique voice, inspiration
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
inventdestroy
Cause complete ruin
demolish · uninvent · dismantle · annihilate · obliterate
- inventory controlOverseeing stored goods levels
- take inventoryCount and list supplies
- American inventorsU.S.-born creators of new things
- early inventionsFirst human-made tools and technologies
- modern inventionsRecently developed devices or concepts
- breakthrough inventionCreation marking major progress
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