fabricator

American  

[fab-ri-key-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. )

Example Sentences

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

Once a luxury reserved for big manufacturers, smaller, smarter, more flexible and less expensive “cobots”—collaborative robots—are bringing automation to every fabricator, no matter the size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

And of Aos and Dauké is born a son called Belos, who, they say, is the fabricator of the world, the Creator.”

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge