Synonyms of confect

confect

verb

kən-ˈfekt 

as in to construct

to form by putting together parts or materials

a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• construct
• build
• assemble
• make
• create
• erect
• fabricate
• manufacture
• found
• produce
• establish
• piece
• make up
• set up
• design
• put together
• raise
• rear
• put up
• concoct
• generate
• invent
• rebuild
• organize
• forge
• devise
• originate
• contrive
• mold
• shape
• inaugurate
• constitute
• initiate
• begin
• reconstruct
• carpenter
• fashion
• innovate
• coin
• conceive
• institute
• handcraft
• hammer
• prefabricate
• frame
• reassemble
• cook (up)
• imagine
• combine
• retrofit
• think (up)
• redevelop
• unite
• father
• throw up
• reedify
• rig (up)
• jerry-build

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• strike
• destroy
• disassemble
• dismember
• demolish
• take down
• ruin
• tear down
• pulverize
• smash
• flatten
• knock down
• raze
• wreck
• shatter
• explode
• devastate
• pull down
• level
• blow up
• divide
• detach
• disengage
• separate
• demount
• ruinate
• disconnect
• disunite
• disjoin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confect

Friday’s deadline for bids was an artificial one, confected by United’s bankers to create urgency. —Tariq Panja, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023

In Brussels, Wiley was searching for models to confect into the image of royalty for a site-specific show proposed by the city’s Oldmasters Museum. —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022

And of course, the Kardashian family has created a multibillion-dollar empire out of cunning, chutzpah, a complete lack of inhibition and a willingness to confect drama for ratings. —refinery29.com, 18 May 2022

Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects. —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022

The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American). —The Economist, 5 July 2019

But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected. —The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018

In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself. —Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018

The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts. —The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018