fabricator

[ fab-ri-key-ter ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricator¹

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

Example Sentences

Cambria attorney Lindsay Weiss said the company had provided warnings, including labels on the slabs themselves, and offered free training to the “fabricators” who cut, grind and polish the material to shape it into countertops.

From Los Angeles Times

Rains, a miner and countertop fabricator, had also been one of the few people holding onto hope of finding buried treasure in Havilah.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Eventually they hired 39 staff members, including 21 full-time artists and fabricators who made everything in the museum from some combination of steel, wood, foam, concrete and papier-mâché.

From New York Times

"He was a bit of a fabricator of lots of things, not least his own life," says Saul.

From BBC