invented

in·vent·ed
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/ɪnˈvɛntɪd/

adjective

Fictional, made up, imaginary.

“The invented alibi didn't stand up long.”

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Meanings

adjectiveinvented (comparative more invented, superlative most invented)

comparative more invented · superlative most invented

  1. Fictional, made up, imaginary.

    The invented alibi didn't stand up long.

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of invent

    Job’s Wife ➤ God, who invented earth? Job ➤ What, still awake? God ➤ Any originality it showed Was of the Devil. He invented Hell, False premises that are the original Of all originality, the sin That felled the angels, Wolsey should have said.

    1945, Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
falsefictitiousmendaciousuntrue

Translations

Afrikaans opgemaakte, fiktiewe
  • opgemaaktefictional, made up
  • fiktiewefictional, made up
Esperanto elpensita
  • elpensitafictional, made up
Finnish keksitty
  • keksittyfictional, made up
French trouvé
  • trouvéfictional, made up
German erfunden
  • erfundenfictional, made up
Greek πλαστός
  • πλαστός (plastós)fictional, made up
Irish cumtha
  • cumthafictional, made up
Italian inventato
  • inventatofictional, made up
Latin prōductus, conglūtinātus
  • prōductusfictional, made up
  • conglūtinātusfictional, made up
  • excōgitātusfictional, made up
  • commentusfictional, made up
  • cōnfictusfictional, made up
  • excōgitandusfictional, made up
  • commenticiusfictional, made up
Polish wymyślony, zmyślony
  • wymyślonyfictional, made up
  • zmyślonyfictional, made up
Portuguese inventado
  • inventadofictional, made up
Russian вы́мышленный, вы́думанный
  • вы́мышленный (výmyšlennyj)fictional, made up
  • вы́думанный (výdumannyj)fictional, made up
  • приду́манный (pridúmannyj)fictional, made up
Spanish inventado
  • inventadofictional, made up
Ukrainian ви́гаданий, ви́думаний
  • ви́гаданий (výhadanyj)fictional, made up
  • ви́думаний (výdumanyj)fictional, made up
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APA

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MLA

“invented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invented. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “invented,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invented.

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