Synonyms of excogitating

excogitating

verb

present participle of excogitate

as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

she's a master at excogitating reasons not to do her assigned work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devising
• constructing
• concocting
• inventing
• designing
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• coming up with
• manufacturing
• drumming up
• producing
• trumping up
• making up
• vamping (up)
• contriving
• hatching
• fabricating
• dreaming
• envisioning
• conceiving
• visualizing
• imagining
• improvising
• daydreaming
• coining
• fantasizing
• envisaging
• extemporizing
• visioning
• picturing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copying
• reproducing
• duplicating
• imitating
• mimicking
• cloning
• replicating
• reduplicating
• copycatting