Synonyms of make up (for)

make up (for)

verb

as in to offset

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective

the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offset
• correct
• compensate (for)
• neutralize
• cancel (out)
• outweigh
• counteract
• relieve
• counterbalance
• annul
• atone (for)
• remedy
• negative
• counterpoise
• invalidate
• redeem
• nullify
• negate
• redress
• neuter
• overrule
• override
• outbalance