Fabricated — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Fabricate (verb)

Fabricate is a different word from Fabricated. The synonyms below are for fabricate, not for fabricated.

1. to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

   "with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"

   similar: fashion, form, frame, make, manufacture, produce, put together
   related: assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up, craft, handcraft, hew, forge, mold, shape, cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), prefabricate, create, invent, mint, originate, establish, father, institute, organize, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up), conceive, envisage, picture, visualize, refashion, remake, remanufacture
   near: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, dismember, abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck, blow up, explode

2. to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

   "fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"

   similar: concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up), come up with
   related: coin, design, hatch, produce, daydream, dream, fantasize, conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize, ad-lib, extemporize, improvise
   near: clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce

3. to form by putting together parts or materials

   "the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"

   similar: assemble, build, confect, construct, erect, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up, put together
   related: carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape, prefabricate, begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up), reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify (British), retrofit, jerry-build, rig (up), throw up, combine, unite
   opposite: demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down
   near: demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck, blow up, explode, detach, disengage, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate

4. to make a statement one knows to be untrue

   "since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"

   similar: fib, lie, prevaricate
   related: forswear, perjure, equivocate, fudge, palter, beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick, defame, libel, slander, traduce, falsify, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, distort, garble, dissemble, dissimulate, misguide, misinform, mislead
   near: assert, swear, testify, authenticate, confirm, substantiate, validate, verify