fabricate

The word “fabricate” has 3 syllables: fab-ri-cate

It's pronounced as /ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for fabricate?

In the thesaurus, “fabricate” has 141 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fabricate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fabricate

  • ad-lib
  • assemble
  • begin
  • beguile
  • brainstorm
  • build
  • carpenter
  • cobble up
  • coin
  • combine
  • come up with
  • compose
  • conceive
  • concoct
  • confect
  • constitute
  • construct
  • contrive
  • cook up
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • craft
  • create
  • daydream
  • deceive
  • defame
  • delude
  • design
  • devise
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • distort
  • dream
  • dream up
  • drum up
  • dupe
  • envisage
  • envision
  • equivocate
  • erect
  • establish
  • excogitate
  • extemporize
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fantasize
  • fashion
  • father
  • feign
  • fib
  • fit together
  • fool
  • foreswear
  • forge
  • form
  • formulate
  • forswear
  • found
  • frame
  • fudge
  • garble
  • generate
  • gull
  • hammer
  • handcraft
  • hatch
  • head trip
  • hew
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • imagine
  • improvise
  • inaugurate
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • institute
  • invent
  • jerry-build
  • jive
  • join
  • kid
  • knock out
  • knock together
  • libel
  • lie
  • make
  • make like
  • make up
  • manufacture
  • mint
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • misreport
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • mix
  • mold
  • organize
  • originate
  • palter
  • perjure
  • picture
  • piece
  • piece together
  • prefab
  • prefabricate
  • pretend
  • prevaricate
  • produce
  • put together
  • put up
  • raise
  • rear
  • reassemble
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • redevelop
  • reedify
  • refashion
  • remake
  • remanufacture
  • retrofit
  • set up
  • shape
  • slander
  • snow
  • structure
  • take in
  • think up
  • throw together
  • throw up
  • traduce
  • trick
  • trump up
  • turn out
  • unite
  • vision
  • visualize
  • whip up
  • whomp up

Antonyms for fabricate

  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • assert
  • authenticate
  • be honest
  • blow up
  • break
  • break up
  • clone
  • confirm
  • copy
  • copycat
  • demolish
  • demount
  • destroy
  • detach
  • devastate
  • disarrange
  • disassemble
  • disconnect
  • disengage
  • disjoin
  • dismantle
  • dismember
  • disunite
  • divide
  • duplicate
  • eradicate
  • explode
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • flatten
  • imitate
  • knock down
  • level
  • mimic
  • neglect
  • pull down
  • pulverize
  • raze
  • reduplicate
  • replicate
  • reproduce
  • ruin
  • ruinate
  • separate
  • shatter
  • smash
  • strike
  • substantiate
  • swear
  • take apart
  • take down
  • tear down
  • tell the truth
  • testify
  • validate
  • verify
  • wreck

Meanings of fabricate

  • verb
    1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
    2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
    3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
    4. To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Example Sentences

  • The accused tried to fabricate an alibi, but the evidence pointed to their involvement.
  • Engineers had to fabricate a custom solution to address the unique challenges of the project.
  • It's unethical to fabricate information in a research study to support a predetermined conclusion.
  • The spy was skilled at using deception to fabricate elaborate cover stories.
  • As the deadline approached, the author had to fabricate a convincing ending for the novel.

On this page you'll find 200 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fabricate, such as: abolish, ad-lib, annihilate, assemble, assert, authenticate, be honest.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

came up with

  • ad-libbed
  • advance
  • bring forth
  • coined
  • compose
  • conceived
  • concocted
  • constructed
  • contrived
  • daydreamed
  • designed
  • detect
  • devised
  • discover
  • dreamed
  • dreamt
  • drummed up
  • envisaged
  • envisioned
  • excogitated
  • extemporized
  • fabricated
  • fantasized
  • find
  • furnish
  • hatched
  • imagined
  • improvised
  • invent
  • invented
  • made up
  • manufactured
  • offer
  • originate
  • pictured
  • present
  • produce
  • produced
  • propose
  • provide
  • recommend
  • stumble upon
  • submit
  • trumped up
  • uncover
  • visioned
  • visualized

daydream

daydreamed

daydreamlike

daydreams


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