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

4 senses of manufacture

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")

Sense 3
manufacture -- (produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only")
       => produce, bring forth -- (bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit")

Sense 4
manufacture -- (create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")

Antonyms of adj manufactured

1 sense of manufactured

Sense 1
manufactured -- (produced in a large-scale industrial operation)

INDIRECT (VIA factory-made) -> homemade -- (made or produced in the home or by yourself; "homemade bread")

Similarity of adj manufactured

1 sense of manufactured

Sense 1
manufactured -- (produced in a large-scale industrial operation)
       => factory-made (vs. homemade) -- (produced in quantity at a factory)