Synonyms of manufacture

manufacture 1 of 3

verb (1)

1

as in to produce

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

the company manufactures appliances and electronics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• make
• create
• fabricate
• construct
• assemble
• build
• form
• fashion
• frame
• craft
• put together
• organize
• shape
• design
• invent
• structure
• erect
• make up
• establish
• forge
• set up
• throw up
• handcraft
• mold
• devise
• originate
• rear
• raise
• patch (together)
• hew
• put up
• knock out
• institute
• prefabricate
• mint
• conceive
• contrive
• imagine
• visualize
• think (up)
• envisage
• remanufacture
• concoct
• cook (up)
• remake
• father
• cobble (together or up)
• picture
• refashion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• disassemble
• eradicate
• break up
• abolish
• ruin
• exterminate
• extinguish
• annihilate
• take apart
• demolish
• flatten
• smash
• wreck
• shatter
• dismember
• devastate
• explode
• blow up
• pulverize
• raze

2

as in to devise

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• construct
• invent
• concoct
• design
• produce
• think (up)
• fabricate
• come up with
• drum up
• cook (up)
• contrive
• make up
• excogitate
• trump up
• hatch
• conceive
• vamp (up)
• envision
• imagine
• visualize
• dream
• coin
• improvise
• vision
• envisage
• fantasize
• daydream
• extemporize
• picture
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduce
• copy
• imitate
• duplicate
• replicate
• mimic
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

manufacture

2 of 3

noun

as in production

Synonyms & Similar Words

• production
• printing
• publishing
• publication
• issuing
• distribution
• release
• dissemination
• coming out
• transmission
• broadcasting
• circulation
• putting out
• propagation
• advertising
• promotion
• propaganda
• promulgation
• syndication
• publicity
• communication
• declaration
• announcement
• notification
• advent
• emergence
• proclamation
• arrival
• debut
• appearance
• spread
• enunciation
• début
• annunciation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppression
• censorship

manufacturing

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of manufacture

1

as in producing

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

the company manufactures appliances and electronics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• creating
• assembling
• building
• constructing
• fabricating
• forming
• framing
• fashioning
• crafting
• putting together
• organizing
• shaping
• designing
• structuring
• molding
• erecting
• forging
• inventing
• rearing
• establishing
• making up
• originating
• throwing up
• handcrafting
• raising
• setting up
• knocking out
• devising
• putting up
• thinking (up)
• prefabricating
• patching (together)
• instituting
• remanufacturing
• cooking (up)
• remaking
• visualizing
• minting
• hewing
• conceiving
• imagining
• contriving
• concocting
• cobbling (together or up)
• fathering
• picturing
• refashioning
• envisaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• disassembling
• wrecking
• breaking up
• abolishing
• flattening
• ruining
• eradicating
• extinguishing
• devastating
• taking apart
• shattering
• smashing
• exterminating
• pulverizing
• demolishing
• exploding
• annihilating
• dismembering
• blowing up
• razing

2

as in devising

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devising
• constructing
• inventing
• concocting
• designing
• producing
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• coming up with
• drumming up
• fabricating
• excogitating
• making up
• hatching
• contriving
• vamping (up)
• trumping up
• conceiving
• dreaming
• envisioning
• coining
• visualizing
• imagining
• improvising
• fantasizing
• daydreaming
• envisaging
• visioning
• extemporizing
• picturing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• copying
• duplicating
• cloning
• imitating
• replicating
• mimicking
• reduplicating
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manufacture

Verb

The exemption is a win for companies like Apple that manufacture most of their products in China. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the exemptions in a bulletin posted late Friday night. —Andrew Childers, Axios, 12 Apr. 2025

Other neuromodulators are also manufactured outside of the US: Jeuveau is made in South Korea, while Dysport is manufactured in England and Xeomin in Germany. —Lindy Segal, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025

Noun

The company just enlarged its jewelry manufacture by 204,514 square feet to 355,209 square feet. —Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025

Vietnam, a rising manufacturing powerhouse, has seen a surge in Chinese investments in recent years as manufactures move supply chains out of China to take advantage of lower labor costs and hedge against US levies. —Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025