Standard Lemma guide

concoction

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈkɒkʃən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəŋ-/
  • General-American: /kənˈkɑkʃən/
  • General-American: /kəŋ-/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒkʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N K AA1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mixture prepared in such a way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something made up, an invention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Digestion (of food etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The act of perfecting or maturing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creating from raw materials

9

noun

Meaning 9

the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his testimony was a concoction
  • she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design

10

noun

Meaning 10

an occurrence of an unusual mixture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mix, mixture

11

noun

Meaning 11

any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
  • he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mixture, intermixture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foodstuff, food product

Narrower terms: mincemeat, stuffing, dressing, roux, batter, dough, mix, premix, filling

History

Etymology

From Latin concoctiō.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: brouwsel — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Finnish: sekoittaminen — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • German: Mischen — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • German: Zubereitung — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Italian: preparato — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Plautdietsch: Brie — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Swedish: brygd — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Swedish: tillblandning — preparing of substance from many ingredients
  • Catalan: concocció — mixture so prepared
  • Chinese Mandarin: 混合物 (hùnhéwù) — mixture so prepared
  • Dutch: mengsel — mixture so prepared
  • Finnish: keitos — mixture so prepared
  • German: Mischung — mixture so prepared
  • German: Zubereitung — mixture so prepared
  • German: Gemisch — mixture so prepared
  • Greek: μείγμα (meígma) — mixture so prepared
  • Hebrew: מִרְקַחַת (mirqáẖat) — mixture so prepared
  • Italian: mistura — mixture so prepared
  • Italian: miscuglio — mixture so prepared
  • Italian: intruglio — mixture so prepared
  • Macedonian: напиток (napitok) — mixture so prepared
  • Macedonian: напивка (napivka) — mixture so prepared
  • Plautdietsch: Brie — mixture so prepared
  • Polish: konkokcja — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: brebaje — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: poción — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: mejunje — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: cocimiento — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: menjunje — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: menjurje — mixture so prepared
  • Spanish: concocción — mixture so prepared
  • Swedish: hopkok — mixture so prepared
  • Swedish: brygd — mixture so prepared
  • Dutch: preparaat — something made up
  • Finnish: keitos — something made up
  • Italian: macchinazione — something made up
  • Italian: elaborazione — something made up
  • Italian: accrocco — something made up
  • Swedish: påhitt — something made up
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