Synonyms for
Invention
Definition
A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- a brilliant invention
- a new invention
- patent an invention
- the invention of the wheel
- a groundbreaking invention
- protect an invention
- the latest invention
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Usage note
While 'invention' can refer to the act of creating something new, it often refers to the thing itself, especially a device or process. Be mindful of context when using informal synonyms like 'gadget' or 'contraption'.
Example sentences
- The telephone was an important invention.
- The inventor worked hard on his invention.
- The car was a great invention that changed the world.
- A new invention can make life easier.
- The invention of the computer brought many changes to society.
Quotes
Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.
Necessity is the mother of invention.