Concoct
Concoct verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Start and concoct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Concoct".
Nearby Words: concoction, concocting
Start
Start verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: started the impressionist movement in art
Common collocations
| plot | concoct plot | start plot |
| way | concoct way | start way |
| plan | concoct plan | start plan |
| story | concoct story | start story |
| Other words: apocalypse. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Ripper of Doctor Strangelove is indeed insane, and he does indeed concoct a scheme to start a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, but he has almost none of the classic markers of the trope.
Source: This Index Is Not an Example - Marty and George concoct a plan wherein Marty will intentionally start harassing Lorraine, so that George will have his opportunity to come in and act as if he's intimidating Marty into leaving her alone, thus wowing Lorraine with his awesomeness.
Source: Dramatic Irony -
It can sometimes grow to the point that the villain will refrain from killing the hero in a "cheap" or dishonorable way, and even start to concoct bizarre excuses to avoid doing so entirely, spare his life, or even saving him.
Source: Friendly Enemy
Cite this Source
Start and Concoct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/concoct/start
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