invention
Newly devised thing
Invention is the act of creating something new, especially a device or method that didn't exist before: The invention of the printing press transformed society.
An invention is also the thing created: The telephone was Bell's most famous invention.
The word extends to fabricated stories or lies: His alibi was pure invention.
In rhetoric and music, invention refers to the creative faculty or a compositional exercise.
Clever, original thinking
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
genius · insight · inspiration · vision · innovation · problem-solving · novelty · creativity
Novel small device
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- machinePower-driven working device
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
gizmo · widget · appliance · instrument · tool · device · implement · equipment
Forming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
tinkering · iteration · development · refinement · trial-and-error · workshop · laboratory · sketching
Act of finding something
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
watershed · landmark · revolution · epiphany · transformation · leapfrog · advance · revelation
Federal intellectual property agency
- filingStoring documents systematically
- claimsStatements of truth
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- infringementViolation of rights
licensing · royalty · trademark · copyright · protection · application · pending · granted
Imagined narrative work
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- concoctionPrepared combination of ingredients
- storyAccount of events
fabrication · untruth · myth · tall-tale · make-believe · fantasy · hoax · pretense
ingenuity
Clever, original thinking
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
cleverness · genius · insight · inspiration · vision · innovation · problem-solving · novelty · creativity · unconventional
gadget
Novel small device
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- machinePower-driven working device
mechanism · gizmo · widget · appliance · instrument · tool · device · implement · equipment · hardware
ideation
Forming mental concepts
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
experimentation · tinkering · iteration · development · refinement · trial-and-error · workshop · laboratory · sketching · modeling
discovery
Act of finding something
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
pioneering · watershed · landmark · revolution · epiphany · transformation · leapfrog · advance · revelation · first
USPTO
Federal intellectual property agency
- filingStoring documents systematically
- claimsStatements of truth
- disclosureAct of revealing information
infringement · licensing · royalty · trademark · copyright · protection · application · pending · granted · patentee
fiction
Imagined narrative work
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- concoctionPrepared combination of ingredients
story · fabrication · untruth · myth · tall-tale · make-believe · fantasy · hoax · pretense · exaggeration
- Arts & Sciencescreativity, music, painting, sculpture, literature
- creativityimagination, creativity, brainstorming, unique voice, inspiration
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- originalityoriginality, uniqueness, novelty, creativity, freshness
- passion projectsblog, podcast, novel writing, DIY projects, indie film
- breakthrougheureka, aha moment, epiphany, revelation, realization
inventioncopy
Identical reproduction made
imitation · reproduction · replica · duplicate · duplication
inventiontruth
Accordance with reality
fact · reality · actuality · non-fiction · realness
inventiondiscovery
Act of finding something
finding · detection · uncovering · revelation · observation
- early inventionsFirst human-made tools and technologies
- modern inventionsRecently developed devices or concepts
- breakthrough inventionCreation marking major progress
- ancient inventionCreation from distant past
- Victorian inventionCreation from 1837-1901 Britain
- invention fairEvent displaying new creations
inventive, inventing, inventions, inventiveness, reinvention, reinventing, inventively