concoct

Meaning

Verb

1. To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
2. (figuratively) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
3. (obsolete) To digest.

Noun

A concoction.

Adj

Digested or affected by heat.

Synonyms

fabricate

invent

contrive

cook up

make up

devise

cook

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trump up

think up

dream up

combine

prepare

blend

mix

dress

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manufacture

think of

forge

hatch

cabal

build up

bake

confuse

build

confect

concentrate

brew

assemble

create

cultivate

advance

conceive

compound

break up

commix

dissolve

commingle

boil down

amalgamate

disrupt

disorganize

elaborate

evolve

disarray

fake

fib

flummox

fold

disarrange

coin

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Translations

inventar

zusammenbrauen

fabriquer

concocter

inventare

forjar

preparado

επινοώ

μηχανεύομαι

لفق

aushecken

confeccionar

smeden

σκαρώνω

tertip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈkɒkt/

Etymology

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).