Synonyms for invent

verb

1. To create

   originate, devise, fashion, form, project, design, develop, discover, coin, improvise, contrive, execute, carry into execution, conceive, author, plan, formulate, think up, make up, bring into being, bear, turn out, forge, make, ad-lib*, hatch*, wing it*, dream up*, cook up*; see also compose 3, create 2, discover, produce 2.

2. To fabricate

   misrepresent, create out of thin air, simulate, fake, feign, make believe, trump up, equivocate, falsify, make up, conjure up, think up, misstate, concoct, cook up*; see also lie 1.