verb
past tense: invented; past participle: invented
- create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.“he invented an improved form of the steam engine”
synonyms: originate, create, innovate, design, devise, contrive, formulate, develop; More conceive, think up, come up with, hit on, mastermind, pioneer;discover, find;coin, mint;informaldream up“Louis Braille invented an alphabet to help blind people”- make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone.“I did not have to invent any tales about my past”
synonyms: make up, fabricate, concoct, hatch, dream up, trump up, manufacture; informalcook up“he admitted that they invented the story for a laugh”