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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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 believe
• made a pretense
• let on
• made a show
• dissimulated
• put up a front
• put on an act
• posed
• dissembled
• playacted
• acted
• played
• affected
• masqueraded
• put on
• simulated
• feigned
• shammed
• concealed
• assumed
• camouflaged
• professed
• impersonated
• disguised
• masked
• faked
• counterfeited
• 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
• deduced
• thought
• extrapolated
• reasoned
• drew a conclusion
• judged
• guessed
• assumed
• speculated
• supposed
• found out
• gathered
• read
• ascertained
• interpreted
• surmised
• construed
• conjectured
• contemplated
• rationalized
• philosophized
• doped (out)