| create | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ beget, father, sire, engender, mother, bring forth, generate, get | make children.; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
| ~ procreate, reproduce, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| ~ regenerate | form or produce anew.; "regenerate hatred" |
| ~ clear | make a way or path by removing objects.; "Clear a path through the dense forest" |
| ~ distil, distill, extract | extract by the process of distillation.; "distill the essence of this compound" |
| ~ educe, derive | develop or evolve from a latent or potential state. |
| ~ spume, froth, suds | make froth or foam and become bubbly.; "The river foamed" |
| ~ lay down, establish, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ twine | make by twisting together or intertwining.; "twine a rope" |
| ~ cleave | make by cutting into.; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" |
| ~ track | make tracks upon. |
| ~ institute, bring | advance or set forth in court.; "bring charges"; "institute proceedings" |
| ~ short, short-circuit | create a short circuit in. |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ grind | created by grinding.; "grind designs into the glass bowl" |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| ~ initiate, originate, start | bring into being.; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ make for, wreak, bring, work, play | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, arouse, put forward, evoke, stir, raise | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| ~ turn in, put on | carry out (performances).; "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ build, establish | build or establish something abstract.; "build a reputation" |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ style | make consistent with a certain fashion or style.; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" |
| ~ strike | produce by ignition or a blow.; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| ~ create verbally | create with or from words. |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ choreograph | compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music.; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" |
| ~ direct | guide the actors in (plays and films). |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ film-make | make films; be a film maker. |
| ~ recreate | create anew.; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting" |
| ~ offset | create an offset in.; "offset a wall" |
| ~ scrape | make by scraping.; "They scraped a letter into the stone" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ press | create by pressing.; "Press little holes into the soft clay" |
| ~ prepare | to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery.; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
| ~ cut | form or shape by cutting or incising.; "cut paper dolls" |
| ~ cut | form by probing, penetrating, or digging.; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
| ~ raise | create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" |
| ~ beat | make by pounding or trampling.; "beat a path through the forest" |
| ~ chop | form or shape by chopping.; "chop a hole in the ground" |
| ~ manufacture | create or produce in a mechanical way.; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" |
| ~ shell, blast | create by using explosives.; "blast a passage through the mountain" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ incorporate | form a corporation. |
| ~ form, organize, organise | create (as an entity).; "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" |
| v. (creation) | 2. create | bring into existence.; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" |
| ~ reinvent | bring back into existence.; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" |
| ~ develop | make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique" |
| ~ carve out | establish or create through painstaking effort.; "She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues" |
| v. (creation) | 3. create | pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity.; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" |
| ~ draw | engage in drawing.; "He spent the day drawing in the garden" |
| ~ paint | make a painting.; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" |
| ~ build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 4. create | invest with a new title, office, or rank.; "Create one a peer" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| v. (creation) | 5. create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ do, make | create or design, often in a certain way.; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ design | create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.; "Chanel designed the famous suit" |
| ~ design | create designs.; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" |
| v. (creation) | 6. create, make, produce | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ breed | cause to procreate (animals).; "She breeds dogs" |
| ~ redo, refashion, remake, make over | make new.; "She is remaking her image" |
| ~ prefabricate | produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally. |
| ~ underproduce | produce below capacity or demand.; "The East German factories were underproducing for many years" |
| ~ output | to create or manufacture a specific amount.; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running" |
| ~ pulse, pulsate | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" |
| ~ clap together, clap up, slap together | make hastily and carelessly. |
| ~ custom-make, customise, customize, tailor-make | make to specifications.; "I had this desk custom-made for me" |
| ~ dummy, dummy up | make a dummy of.; "dummy up the books that are to be published" |
| ~ turn out | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery.; "This factory turns out saws" |
| ~ machine | make by machinery.; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars" |
| ~ churn out | produce something at a fast rate.; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess.; "The country overproduces cars" |
| ~ elaborate | produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.; "The bee elaborates honey" |
| ~ put out | put out considerable effort.; "He put out the same for seven managers" |
| ~ laminate | create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. |
| ~ bootleg | produce or distribute illegally.; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" |
| ~ generate | produce (energy).; "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ extrude, squeeze out | form or shape by forcing through an opening.; "extrude steel" |
| ~ smelt | extract (metals) by heating. |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ preassemble, prefabricate | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings. |
| ~ fudge together, throw together | produce shoddily, without much attention to detail. |
| ~ print, publish | put into print.; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" |
| ~ confect | make or construct. |
| ~ proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset. |
| ~ burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| 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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