Invective, a.
- 1. Abusive, reproachful, censorious, captious, railing, scolding.
- 2. Satirical, sarcastic, assailing.
Inveigh against. Censure, reproach, condemn, blame, denounce, declaim against, rail at, exclaim against, vituperate.
Inveigle, v. a. Entice, decoy, beguile, entrap, ensnare, lure.
Invent, v. a.
- 1. Contrive (what did not before exist), devise, be the first to contrive or devise.
- 2. Originate, create, frame, imagine, excogitate, conceive, concoct.
- 3. Fabricate, forge, coin.
Invention, n.
- 1. Inventing, origination, creation.
- 2. Contrivance, device, design.
- 3. Ingenuity, power of inventing.
- 4. Fabrication, forgery, fiction, coinage.
Inventive, a. Ingenious, creative, quick at contrivance, fertile in expedients.