| Main Entry: | concoct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
Synonyms: |
ad lib, batch, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prefab, prepare, project, scheme, slap together, throw together, vamp |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare by boiling |
Synonyms: |
boil, concoct, cook, ferment, infuse, mull, seethe, soak, steep, stew |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, devise |
Synonyms: |
breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, impend, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, stir up, weave |
| Main Entry: | compound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix, combine |
Synonyms: |
admix, amalgamate, associate, blend, bracket, coagment, coalesce, commingle, commix, concoct, connect, couple, fuse, immix, intermingle, join, link, make up, meld, mingle, synthesize, unite |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate, unmix |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent, design |
Synonyms: |
come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig, scheme, throw together, trump up, vamp, wangle, whip up |
Antonyms: |
disorganize |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
Synonyms: |
achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, hit upon, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, play games, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
| Main Entry: | cook up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise |
Synonyms: |
arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp |
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
Synonyms: |
actualize, author, beget, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to pass, build, cause to be, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, give birth to, give life to, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start |
Antonyms: |
destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, craft, create, design, discover, dope out, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up, vamp, whip up, work out |
Antonyms: |
borrow |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, block out, characterize, compose, concoct, contrive, delineate, design, devise, draw, draw up, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, invent, make, manufacture, outline, plan, prepare, project, rough, shape, skeleton, sketch |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |