| Main Entry: |
invent |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
fabricate |
Synonyms: |
concoct, conjure up, create out of thin air,
equivocate,
fake, falsify,
feign, fib,
forge,
lie, make believe,
make up,
misrepresent, misstate,
pretend,
prevaricate,
simulate, tell a white lie, tell untruth, think up, trump up,
vamp
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| Notes: |
The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
Antonyms: |
tell truth
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