Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb concoct

4 senses of concoct

Sense 1
concoct -- (make a concoction (of) by mixing)
       => mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate -- (to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance")

Sense 2
concoct, cook up -- (prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture")
       => cook, fix, ready, make, prepare -- (prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please")

Sense 3
trump up, concoct -- (invent; "trump up charges")
       => fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent -- (make up something artificial or untrue)

Sense 4
think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct -- (devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software")
       => create by mental act, create mentally -- (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

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