Synonyms:
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
Meaning: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Synonyms:
fabricate, manufacture, cook_up, make_up, invent
Meaning: make up something artificial or untrue
Usage examples
She was trying to invent a saving plan.
'I can see you're trying to invent something!'
"Do you invent, then," said Fernand impatiently.
Scrap wanted to know so much about her mother that Arundel had presently to invent.
It took six thousand years to invent propellers and screws; so we have time enough yet."
However, you will have to invent some other farewell dish, for the pasty must be on my table to-morrow.'
But, as he mortally feared these shafts, it became impossible for him to invent a tale he felt he could trust.
The worst punishment that human ingenuity has ever been able to invent is extreme monotony--solitary confinement.
"All my inventions," he said to his son Icarus, "have hitherto been made to please other people; now I will invent something to please myself."
When he entered the palace, to his great joy he found his wife sitting alone in a vast hall, and they began hastily to invent plans for her escape.