Manufacturing — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Manufacture (verb)

Manufacture is a different word from Manufacturing. The synonyms below are for manufacture, not for manufacturing.

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

   "the company manufactures appliances and electronics"

   similar: fabricate, fashion, form, frame, make, 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

   "he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late"

   similar: concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, invent, make up, 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