Noun

• S: (n) concept, conception, construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
• S: (n) conception (the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon)
• S: (n) creation, conception (the event that occurred at the beginning of something) "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) beginning (the event consisting of the start of something) "the beginning of the war"
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) create [Related to: creation] (create by artistic means) "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
• W: (v) create [Related to: creation] (bring into existence) "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
• S: (n) invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design (the creation of something in the mind)