Synonyms for fabricate
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
to fabricate a lie or story
Related words
- Word family
- fabric fabrication fabricator
Forms
- Past participle
- fabricated
e.g. fabricated → manufactured, invented, built, produced…
Example sentences
- build It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.
- produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
- manufacture The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
- invent If God did not exist, we would have to invent him.
- construct We're going to construct livestock farms in Spain.
- falsify I will falsify a permit so that I can go camping there this weekend.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fabricate | steady | |
| build | rising | |
| produce | falling | |
| manufacture | falling | |
| invent | rising | |
| construct | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- make1, form1, coin1, vamp1
- 5 letters
- build1, frame1, forge1, feign1, forme
- 6 letters
- invent2, devise2
- 7 letters
- imagine3, produce2, compose2, falsify3, concoct2
- 8 letters
- organize3, assemble3, organise, engender3, contrive2
- 9 letters
- construct2
- 11 letters
- manufacture4, prevaricate4, confabulate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (invent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fabriquer
- Italiano
- commettere
- Deutsch
- herstellen