Synonyms of made out

made out

verb

past tense of make out

1

as in coped

to meet one's day-to-day needs

we're not rich, but we're making out all right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coped
• did
• made shift
• made do
• managed
• got by
• got on
• got along
• survived
• made ends meet
• shifted
• fared
• afforded
• carried on
• fended for oneself
• scraped (by or through)
• eked out
• contrived
• lasted
• scrounged
• scraped (out)
• squeezed
• wrung
• wrested
• swung

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• fell short
• collapsed
• declined
• slumped
• floundered
• waned
• gave up
• fizzled
• petered (out)

2

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

I can't quite make out what she is trying to say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• deciphered
• recognized
• saw
• grasped
• comprehended
• appreciated
• got
• caught on (to)
• perceived
• realized
• picked up on
• made
• conceived
• discerned
• sensed
• tumbled (to)
• savvied
• seized
• registered
• assimilated
• apprehended
• dug
• beheld
• caught
• decoded
• intuited
• cottoned (to or on to)
• took in
• compassed
• twigged
• grokked
• cognized
• absorbed
• digested
• penetrated
• fathomed
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misread
• mistook
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived

3

as in pretended

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

he tried to make out that he didn't mind losing his job, but friends suspected he was desperately worried

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• made a show
• made believe
• let on
• made a pretense
• posed
• put on an act
• dissembled
• put up a front
• acted
• dissimulated
• played
• affected
• put on
• masqueraded
• simulated
• playacted
• feigned
• assumed
• concealed
• professed
• impersonated
• camouflaged
• disguised
• faked
• masked
• counterfeited
• shammed
• feinted
• bluffed

4

as in derived

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

as best as I can make out, the police were informed of the incident but didn't think it was worth investigating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• derived
• understood
• decided
• concluded
• inferred
• thought
• deduced
• reasoned
• extrapolated
• judged
• guessed
• assumed
• drew a conclusion
• gathered
• supposed
• speculated
• read
• ascertained
• found out
• interpreted
• surmised
• construed
• conjectured
• contemplated
• rationalized
• doped (out)
• philosophized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of made out

Not all loafers need to be made out of black leather. —Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026

Above the striping comes mesh in the same color, beneath which pink eye stay loops can be faintly made out before coming to the surface. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 May 2026

Also inside are wood tables and benches that Hildenbrand made out of black walnut wood from Washington state. —Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026

Lucas had the opportunity to ask a question to the Artemis II crew and inquired about what Rise was made out of. —ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

The chair's material is made out of smooth leather and textured fabric, giving it a premium feel while minimizing wear and tear. —George Yang, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026

Others, though, made out well this past weekend, as Morgan and Canales waited until after the draft to add to their rooms. —Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026

Miquela partnered with Prada, made out with Bella Hadid for a Calvin Klein ad, and walked the red carpet at the Grammys. —T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

Their in-flight wear included a jacket and trousers made out of a fire-resistant glass fiber. —Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026