Develop and Invent

Similar meaning words

Develop verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.

Usage example: outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy

Show all Definitions

Invent is a synonym for develop in produce topic. In some cases you can use "Invent" instead a verb "Develop", when it comes to topics like initiate.

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Show all Definitions

Develop is a synonym for invent in originate topic. Sometimes you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Invent", if it concerns topics such as create.

device	develop device	invent device
character	develop character	invent character
life	develop life	invent life
kind	develop kind	invent kind
Other words: style, type, system, means, way, plan, characters, technology, game, language, cure, travel, version, ways, weapons, games, technologies.

Screw Yourself: With the expansion pack Get To Work you can invent and develop a cloning machine.

Source: Video Game / The Sims 4
Over the course of the novel-within-the-novel, the hero and his cohorts develop (or reinvent) technology at an astonishing pace until a final confrontation with the villain unleashes nuclear weapons and forces the heroes to invent cloning technology and interstellar space travel in no time flat.

Source: Lensman Arms Race

Cite this Source

Invent and Develop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/develop/invent

Develop & Invent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/develop/invent>.

Invent or Develop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/develop/invent.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "develop" and "invent" have occurred on timeline