concoct
verb
con·coct kən-ˈkäkt 
kän-
concocted; concocting; concocts
transitive verb
1
: to prepare by combining raw materials
concoct a recipe
concocted a tropical fruit smoothie
2
: devise, fabricate
concoct an explanation
concocted a strategy to take control of the company
concocter noun
concoctive
kən-ˈkäk-tiv
adjective kän-
Synonyms
- construct
- contrive
- cook (up)
- devise
- drum up
- excogitate
- fabricate
- invent
- make up
- manufacture
- think (up)
- trump up
- vamp (up)
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York. She concocted a stew from the leftovers.
Recent Examples on the Web The Cardinals had no pass rush to speak of, and with recent injuries at cornerback, defensive coordinator Vance Joseph had to concoct nickel alignments that sometimes included more linebackers than corners. 
Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022 Another of Plaza's accomplices was Mayeri, who somehow escaped her pie-in-the-face moment in Italy, prompting Plaza to concoct a weeks-long plot to finish the job. Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 Pick up a few chic diffusers to disperse throughout the home and concoct your own essential oil blend, or snag a few candles from a local company to weave in sensory notes that nod to the locale. Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2022 Sporting fresh baby dreads, a striped blue suit purchased on Amazon and a Gator orange clip-on bow tie, the hulking 6-foot-4, 237-pounder sat on a stool, striking every pose photographer David Myers could concoct. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2022 To concoct the list, Yelp identified businesses in the ice cream category, then ranked them using a number of factors, including the total volume and ratings of reviews between April 2021 and April 2022. Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2022 To concoct his latest fragrance, master perfumer Alberto Morillas cracked open the liquor cabinet. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 7 July 2022 However, when a charismatic lawyer who loves Pepsi almost as much as his 16 wives, a judge with a flair for the fine arts and several doctors concoct a scheme that results in over half a billion dollars in fraud, things get a little absurd. Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2022 An examination by The Washington Post of Cruz’s actions between Election Day and Jan. 6, 2021, shows just how deeply he was involved, working directly with Trump to concoct a plan that came closer than widely realized to keeping him in power. Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022 See More
Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022 Another of Plaza's accomplices was Mayeri, who somehow escaped her pie-in-the-face moment in Italy, prompting Plaza to concoct a weeks-long plot to finish the job. Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 Pick up a few chic diffusers to disperse throughout the home and concoct your own essential oil blend, or snag a few candles from a local company to weave in sensory notes that nod to the locale. Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2022 Sporting fresh baby dreads, a striped blue suit purchased on Amazon and a Gator orange clip-on bow tie, the hulking 6-foot-4, 237-pounder sat on a stool, striking every pose photographer David Myers could concoct. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2022 To concoct the list, Yelp identified businesses in the ice cream category, then ranked them using a number of factors, including the total volume and ratings of reviews between April 2021 and April 2022. Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2022 To concoct his latest fragrance, master perfumer Alberto Morillas cracked open the liquor cabinet. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 7 July 2022 However, when a charismatic lawyer who loves Pepsi almost as much as his 16 wives, a judge with a flair for the fine arts and several doctors concoct a scheme that results in over half a billion dollars in fraud, things get a little absurd. Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2022 An examination by The Washington Post of Cruz’s actions between Election Day and Jan. 6, 2021, shows just how deeply he was involved, working directly with Trump to concoct a plan that came closer than widely realized to keeping him in power. Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com- + coquere to cook — more at cook
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
concoct
verb
con·coct kən-ˈkäkt
kän-
concocted; concocting
1
: to prepare (as food) by putting several different things together
2
: to make up : devise
concoct a plan
concocted 1 of 2
adjective
as in manufactured
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- manufactured
- fabricated
- contrived
- labored
- assumed
- canned
- pretended
- pseudo
- forced
- simulated
- feigned
- bogus
- hokey
- strained
- mock
- unrealistic
- unreal
- pat
- automatic
- phony
- exaggerated
- spurious
- affected
- sham
- fake
- artificial
- factitious
- plastic
- hollow
- unnatural
- unauthentic
- mechanical
- facile
- false
- hypocritical
- phoney
- calculated
- put-on
- unctuous
- overdone
- insincere
- studied
- mealymouthed
- cultivated
- melodramatic
- theatrical
- premeditated
- empty
- two-faced
- mealy
- stylized
- deliberate
- cutesy
- histrionic
- wooden
- double-dealing
- overacted
- conventional
- mincing
- cute
- theatric
- simpering
- left-handed
- conscious
- artful
- overrefined
- impersonal
- genteel
- formal
- rigid
- inflexible
- goody-goody
- stiff
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- real
- spontaneous
- genuine
- true
- natural
- artless
- unaffected
- authentic
- realistic
- bona fide
- uncontrived
- right
- unfeigned
- easy
- honest
- sincere
- unforced
- impromptu
- smooth
- ingenuous
- unconscious
- effortless
- instinctive
- extemporaneous
- unstudied
- impulsive
- unpretending
- unrehearsed
- unprompted
concocted
2 of 2verb
as in devised
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself Synonyms & Similar Words
- devised
- invented
- constructed
- designed
- manufactured
- produced
- contrived
- hatched
- fabricated
- excogitated
- conceived
- trumped up
- made up
- envisioned
- drummed up
- imagined
- dreamed
- coined
- improvised
- visualized
- came up with
- fantasized
- envisaged
- vamped (up)
- cooked (up)
- daydreamed
- thought (up)
- visioned
- dreamt
- extemporized
- pictured
- ad-libbed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- copied
- reproduced
- mimicked
- replicated
- cloned
- duplicated
- imitated
- copycatted
- reduplicated