| English noun: invention | 
| 1. | invention (cognition) the creation of something in the mind | 
| 
 | 
 | Synonyms | conception, design, excogitation, innovation | 
| 
 | 
 | Broader (hypernym) | creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | 
| 
 | 
 | Narrower (hyponym) | concoction, contrivance | 
| 
 | 
| 2. | invention (artifact) a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation | 
| 
 | 
 | Synonyms | innovation | 
| 
 | 
 | Broader (hypernym) | creation | 
| 
 | 
| 3. | invention (act) the act of inventing | 
| 
 | 
 | Broader (hypernym) | creating by mental acts | 
| 
 | 
 | Narrower (hyponym) | coinage, contrivance, devisal, neologism, neology | 
| 
 |