fabricate

verb

1. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; “the company fabricates plastic chairs”; “They manufacture small toys”; He manufactured a popular cereal”

   Synonyms

   • manufacture, construct

   Less specific

   • make

   More specific

   • mass-produce, raft

2. make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms

   • manufacture, cook up, make up, invent

   Less specific

   • think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct

   More specific

   • mythologize, mythologise, confabulate, trump up, concoct, spin, vamp, vamp up