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Adjective invented has 1 sense
- fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious, invented, made-up - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
Antonyms: real, existent (indirect, via unreal)
Verb invent has 2 senses
- invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
--1 is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Sample sentence:
Did he invent his major works over a short period of time?
- fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent - make up something artificial or untrue
--2 is one way to think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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