invent

Other forms of invent

past tense

invented·

present participle

inventing·

third person

invents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about invent

What does invent mean?

invent means "come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in invent?

invent has 2 syllables: in-vent. The stress falls on "vent". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɛnt/.

What is another word for invent?

Close synonyms include contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is invent a common word?

invent is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with invent?

7 words rhyme with invent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.