Synonyms for forge
fɔrdʒ, foʊrdʒforge

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1. forge

   Synonyms:
   work, frame, produce, elaborate, fabricate, counterfeit, feign, falsify, form, shape, make falsely

   Antonyms:
   shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose, verify, misconstrue, misfabricate, misshape

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1. forgenoun

   furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping

   Synonyms:
   smithy

2. forge, smithyverb

   a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

   Synonyms:
   smithy

3. forge, hammerverb

   create by hammering

   "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"

   Synonyms:
   form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, fashion, formulate, hammer, spurt

4. forge, fake, counterfeitverb

   make a copy of with the intent to deceive

   "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, form, fudge, fake, mould, wangle, spirt, excogitate, manipulate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, cook, falsify, talk through one's hat, invent, contrive, bullshit, fashion, bull, formulate, hammer, spurt

5. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

   come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

   Synonyms:
   excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, invent, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, formulate, project, design, machinate, devise, mold

6. forgeverb

   move ahead steadily

   "He forged ahead"

   Synonyms:
   fashion, mold, contrive, mould, shape, fake, formulate, devise, spirt, form, invent, excogitate, work, hammer, counterfeit, spurt

7. forge, spurt, spirtverb

   move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

   Synonyms:
   spout, form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, gush, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, fashion, formulate, hammer, spurt

8. shape, form, work, mold, mould, forgeverb

   make something, usually for a specific function

   "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

   Synonyms:
   spring, knead, turn, operate, act, shape, bring, model, excogitate, imprint, work out, run, spurt, function, put to work, organize, lick, take form, solve, make, regulate, determine, figure out, cast, form, fake, mould, sour, invent, play, exploit, make for, spirt, go, take shape, fashion, do work, hammer, mold, organise, mildew, puzzle out, act upon, counterfeit, process, crop, work, ferment, influence, work on, constitute, formulate, wreak, cultivate, exercise, contrive, devise

9. fashion, forgeverb

   make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

   "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

   Synonyms:
   form, fake, mould, spirt, excogitate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, invent, contrive, fashion, formulate, hammer, spurt

Matched Categories

1. • Advance
   • Beat
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Furnace
   • Make
   • Re-create
   • Travel

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1. forgenoun

   Synonyms:
   smithy (for heavy work), iron-works

2. forgenoun

   Synonyms:
   furnace (to make iron more malleable), shingling-mill

3. forgeverb

   Synonyms:
   beat (metal), form (by heating and hammering)

4. forgeverb

   Synonyms:
   devise, invent, frame, coin

5. forgeverb

   Synonyms:
   falsify, counterfeit, fabricate

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1. forgenoun

   Synonyms:
   smithy, stithy, smithery

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1. List of paraphrases for "forge":

   forging, falsify, build, establish, smithery, create, shape

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1. Jeb Bush:

   I don't think it's going to happen. I think we ought to focus just as I said on trying to forge consensus so we can move forward, the courts have decided traditional marriage still is a hugely important element of a just, loving society and we should respect people that have long-term loving relationships and allow people to act on their conscience.

2. Tim Murtaugh:

   This is going to be the greatest election disaster in history. And by the way, you guys like to talk about Russia and China and other places, they'll be able to forge ballots, they'll forge up, they'll do whatever they have to do.

3. Virgil:

   Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.

4. Marcus Aelius Aurelius:

   I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

5. James A. Froude:

   You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.