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

2 senses of fabricate

Sense 1
manufacture, fabricate, construct -- (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal")
       => make -- (make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones")

Sense 2
fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent -- (make up something artificial or untrue)
       => 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")

Antonyms of adj fabricated

1 sense of fabricated

Sense 1
fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious -- (formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character")

INDIRECT (VIA unreal) -> real, existent -- (being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow)

Similarity of adj fabricated

1 sense of fabricated

Sense 1
fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious -- (formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character")
       => unreal (vs. real) -- (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news")