| creation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. creation, creative activity | the human act of creating. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ erotica, porn, porno, pornography, smut | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire. |
| ~ re-creation | the act of creating again. |
| ~ creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it. |
| ~ production | the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services. |
| ~ creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking. |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ creating by removal | the act of creating by removing something. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ art, fine art | the products of human creativity; works of art collectively.; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" |
| ~ classic | a creation of the highest excellence. |
| ~ composition | something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole.; "he envied the composition of their faculty" |
| ~ improvisation | a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation). |
| ~ innovation, invention | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. |
| ~ master copy, original, master | an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. |
| ~ needlecraft, needlework | a creation created or assembled by needle and thread. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ remake, remaking | creation that is created again or anew.; "it is a remake of an old film" |
| ~ representation | a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. |
| ~ piece | an artistic or literary composition.; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" |
| n. (event) | 3. conception, creation | the event that occurred at the beginning of something.; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" |
| ~ beginning | the event consisting of the start of something.; "the beginning of the war" |
| ~ fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant. |
| n. (act) | 4. creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination | the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ authorship, paternity | the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing.; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" |
| n. (act) | 5. creation | (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence. |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| n. (object) | 6. cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | everything that exists anywhere.; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
| ~ natural object | an object occurring naturally; not made by man. |
| ~ extragalactic nebula, galaxy | (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
| ~ celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky. |
| ~ closed universe | (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter. |
| ~ estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object | a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere. |
| ~ natural order | the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws. |
| ~ nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
| devise | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. devise | a will disposing of real property. |
| ~ testament, will | a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die. |
| n. (possession) | 2. devise | (law) a gift of real property by will. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ inheritance, heritage | that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. |
| ~ gift | something acquired without compensation. |
| v. (creation) | 3. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (creation) | 4. devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare | arrange by systematic planning and united effort.; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ put on, mount | prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance.; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" |
| ~ lay | prepare or position for action or operation.; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" |
| ~ set up | begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc..; "set up an election" |
| ~ sandwich | make into a sandwich. |
| ~ spatchcock | prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock.; "spatchcock a guinea hen" |
| ~ embattle | prepare for battle or conflict. |
| v. (possession) | 5. devise | give by will, especially real property. |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| fabricate | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. construct, fabricate, manufacture | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| ~ mass-produce | produce on a large scale. |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ raft | make into a raft.; "raft these logs" |
| v. (creation) | 2. cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture | make up something artificial or untrue. |
| ~ dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of | devise or invent.; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" |
| ~ mythologise, mythologize | construct a myth.; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons" |
| ~ confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory. |
| ~ trump up, concoct | invent.; "trump up charges" |
| ~ spin | make up a story.; "spin a yarn" |
| ~ vamp, vamp up | make up.; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" |
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