fabricator

American  

[fab-ri-kay-ter] / ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪ tər /

noun

1. a person who makes things by art or skill and labor.

   He’d spent some time as a fabricator of high-end military circuit boards.

2. a person or company that makes something by assembling parts or sections; manufacturer.

   With its lapped metal panels, the complexity of the design required top skills, and the fabricator Purly Manufacturing did an outstanding job.

3. a person who devises or invents something, especially a lie or a fictional narrative or character.

   The document paints him as a serial exaggerator and fabricator rather than a heroic whistleblower.

4. a person who produces something fake or counterfeit.

   The fabricators of these forged archeological artifacts are still fooling some people even today.

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Etymology

Origin of fabricator

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin fabricātor, equivalent to fabricat(e) ( def. ) + -or ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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fabricator

Davis’ lawyers will seek to portray him as a fabricator — his bragging is all fiction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Notable Primecap winners included Micron and semiconductor wafer fabricator KLA, while Equity Income owned Johnson & Johnson and Gilead Sciences.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

TSM 0.22%increase; green up pointing triangle , the world’s largest fabricator of advanced computer processors, have been discussing the need to expand operations beyond its namesake island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

Moving to Schuylkill County, in Pennsylvania, in 2021, he had access to local manufacturers, including a metal fabricator who primarily built roller coasters.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

When you want one of that item, you code it into your fabricator, and the fabricator constructs it, with any modifications you specify in the coding, from reconstituted raw materials.

From The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

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