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)