fabricator

fab·ri·cate

 (făb′rĭ-kāt′)

tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates

1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.

3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated a convincing excuse.

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[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]

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fab′ri·ca′tion n.

fab′ri·ca′tion·al adj.

fab′ri·ca′tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fabricator

Individuals or groups who, without genuine resources, invent information or inflate or embroider over news for personal gain or for political purposes.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fabricator - someone who tells lies fibber, storyteller liar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

fabricator

noun

1. One who makes a fraudulent copy of something:

counterfeiter, faker, forger.

2. One who tells lies:

fabulist, falsifier, fibber, liar, prevaricator.

Informal: storyteller.

Law: perjurer.

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Translations

fabricateur