fabricate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- make up, concoct, devise, fake, falsify, feign, forge, invent, trump up
- build, assemble, construct, erect, form, make, manufacture, shape

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Related Words: turn out, create, formulate, invent, concoct, contrive, devise

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fab‧ri‧cate /ˈfæbrɪkeɪt/ verb [transitive]

1. to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone:
The police were accused of fabricating evidence.

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Fabricate is used mainly in writing, for example in journalism and legal contexts. In everyday English, people usually say make something up:
They accused him of making the whole thing up.

2. technical to make or produce goods or equipment Synonym : manufacture:
The discs are expensive to fabricate.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲