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forge has 17 distinct synonyms spread across 7 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
“he faked the signature”
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
“excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
move ahead steadily
“He forged ahead”
furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for forge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.