Synonyms of make

make

verb

ˈmāk 

1

as in to produce

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

will you help me make the dough for the cookies?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• create
• manufacture
• build
• construct
• assemble
• form
• fabricate
• organize
• frame
• fashion
• craft
• put together
• shape
• establish
• make up
• invent
• erect
• structure
• raise
• forge
• design
• throw up
• set up
• devise
• originate
• hew
• imagine
• mold
• visualize
• put up
• knock out
• envisage
• contrive
• rear
• concoct
• patch (together)
• institute
• conceive
• mint
• handcraft
• think (up)
• remake
• cook (up)
• prefabricate
• father
• picture
• cobble (together or up)
• refashion
• remanufacture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• eradicate
• ruin
• abolish
• break up
• disassemble
• flatten
• extinguish
• smash
• exterminate
• demolish
• annihilate
• take apart
• shatter
• wreck
• explode
• devastate
• dismember
• blow up
• pulverize
• raze

2

as in to achieve

to obtain (as a goal) through effort

we finally made it!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achieve
• attain
• win
• gain
• obtain
• get
• hit
• garner
• score
• secure
• acquire
• capture
• realize
• log
• land
• procure
• draw
• carry
• rack up
• clock (up)
• excel
• chalk up
• ring up
• tie
• bag
• notch (up)
• match
• meet
• touch
• approach
• equal
• surpass
• amount (to)
• top
• outdo
• rival
• measure up (to)
• beat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• fail (at)
• lose
• fall short (of)

3

as in to create

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• bring
• cause
• generate
• do
• prompt
• produce
• work
• induce
• spawn
• yield
• invoke
• effectuate
• effect
• bring about
• catalyze
• result (in)
• draw on
• found
• give rise to
• encourage
• translate (into)
• beget
• engender
• introduce
• promote
• occasion
• bring on
• bring forth
• establish
• begin
• initiate
• decide
• determine
• breed
• contribute (to)
• start
• develop
• inaugurate
• launch
• render
• pioneer
• enact
• cultivate
• forward
• foster
• institute
• set up
• further
• set
• conduce (to)
• advance
• innovate
• turn out
• nurture
• nourish
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• impede
• limit
• suppress
• quash
• stifle
• subdue
• check
• repress
• dampen
• quell
• smother
• control
• put down
• restrain
• inhibit
• crush
• can
• curb
• kill
• arrest
• retard
• destroy
• rein (in)
• squelch
• still
• crack down (on)
• squash
• abolish
• liquidate
• clamp down (on)
• extinguish
• demolish
• quench
• snuff (out)

4

as in to fulfill

to carry through (as a process) to completion

one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achieve
• fulfill
• accomplish
• perform
• do
• execute
• implement
• commit
• carry out
• negotiate
• prosecute
• realize
• carry off
• put through
• complete
• finish
• perpetrate
• pull off
• compass
• effectuate
• bring off
• go through
• attain
• effect
• follow through (with)
• bring about
• practice
• engage (in)
• repeat
• work (at)
• ace
• end
• nail
• reenact
• actualize
• wind up
• reduplicate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fail
• slight
• skimp
• slur

5

as in to compel

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compel
• force
• coerce
• obligate
• oblige
• drive
• constrain
• impress
• pressure
• impel
• intimidate
• muscle
• blackmail
• bully
• sandbag
• threaten
• press
• dragoon
• twist one's arm
• cow
• browbeat
• terrorize
• bulldoze
• blackjack
• drag
• shame
• harass
• menace
• high-pressure
• badger
• hector
• hound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• let
• allow
• permit
• move
• induce
• convince
• satisfy
• argue
• talk (into)
• win (over)
• persuade
• prevail (on or upon)

6

as in to estimate

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

I make that to be about six feet long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimate
• calculate
• suppose
• put
• figure
• guess
• gauge
• judge
• reckon
• call
• place
• understand
• conclude
• infer
• gather
• conjecture
• deduce
• extrapolate
• reason

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measure
• scale
• compute
• calibrate
• work out

7

as in to build

to form by putting together parts or materials

make a model airplane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• build
• construct
• assemble
• create
• found
• erect
• establish
• produce
• fabricate
• manufacture
• make up
• piece
• design
• set up
• raise
• generate
• confect
• put together
• put up
• rear
• organize
• begin
• concoct
• invent
• shape
• rebuild
• forge
• initiate
• originate
• devise
• constitute
• reconstruct
• imagine
• mold
• innovate
• inaugurate
• carpenter
• contrive
• fashion
• combine
• conceive
• frame
• institute
• hammer
• handcraft
• reassemble
• coin
• prefabricate
• retrofit
• think (up)
• father
• unite
• cook (up)
• throw up
• redevelop
• reedify
• rig (up)
• jerry-build

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• destroy
• strike
• dismantle
• ruin
• take down
• disassemble
• dismember
• tear down
• flatten
• smash
• knock down
• demolish
• shatter
• pulverize
• pull down
• wreck
• devastate
• explode
• raze
• level
• blow up
• detach
• disengage
• divide
• demount
• separate
• ruinate
• disconnect
• disunite
• disjoin

8

as in to seem

to give the impression of being

the family made merry despite their financial worries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seem
• look
• feel
• sound
• appear
• act
• pretend
• resemble
• come across (as)
• come off (as)
• imply
• suggest
• recall
• dissemble
• hint
• insinuate

9

as in to head

to go on a specified course or in a certain direction

the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug

Synonyms & Similar Words

• head
• turn
• put
• aim
• bear
• point
• set out
• direct
• steer
• bend
• set off
• veer
• orient
• put out
• face
• strike
• take off
• cut
• back
• beeline
• reverse
• come about
• tack
• come round
• turn back
• light out
• put about
• swerve
• incline
• wheel
• about-face
• yaw

10

as in to enact

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

the legislature failed to make any new laws last session

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enact
• pass
• constitute
• approve
• legislate
• dictate
• lay down
• ordain
• permit
• authorize
• effect
• ratify
• bring about
• allow
• execute
• proclaim
• reenact
• sanction
• administer
• confirm
• repass
• decree

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revoke
• kill
• rescind
• repeal
• cancel
• abolish
• invalidate
• reverse
• nullify
• annul
• abrogate
• void
• overturn

11

as in to earn

to receive as return for effort

I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earn
• win
• get
• reap
• gain
• garner
• obtain
• realize
• attain
• secure
• land
• acquire
• procure
• capture
• achieve
• draw
• carry
• bring in
• come by
• pull down
• accomplish
• knock down
• accumulate
• bag
• amass
• score
• occupy
• gross
• clear
• net
• regain
• catch
• recapture
• take over
• remake
• pick up
• annex
• rack up
• notch (up)
• reacquire
• reattain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• give
• pay
• forfeit
• grant
• yield
• accord
• give up
• surrender
• relinquish
• part (with)
• hand over

12

as in to understand

to have a clear idea of

what do you make of the latest information?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• decipher
• recognize
• see
• comprehend
• get
• appreciate
• grasp
• realize
• discern
• perceive
• sense
• conceive
• seize
• assimilate
• make out
• dig
• apprehend
• catch
• decode
• register
• tumble (to)
• cotton (to or on to)
• catch on (to)
• intuit
• twig
• behold
• pick up on
• compass
• savvy
• grok
• cognize
• absorb
• digest
• fathom
• take in
• penetrate
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misunderstand
• mistake
• misinterpret
• misread
• misconstrue
• misperceive
• misconceive
• misapprehend

13

as in to shut

chiefly dialect to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening

make the gate when ye leave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shut
• close
• lock
• seal
• slam
• steek
• fasten
• secure
• latch
• chain
• batten (down)
• bar
• plug
• clap
• stopper
• bolt
• bang

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• open
• unlock
• unfasten
• unseal
• unbolt
• unlatch
• unchain
• unbar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of make

Famous pals Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore and Matt Damon make cameos. —Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026

Readily available governance solutions can help with this by making AI’s influence on software development visible, attributable and enforceable. —Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026

That maximalist energy is holding strong for a second summer in a row, but the ongoing love of all things beaded — from statement necklaces to anklets and shoulder bags — is making its way into swimwear. —Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 19 May 2026

Groups around the world are making progress on this front. —Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

Phrases Containing make

• make a comeback
• make a face
• make a pretense
• make a scene
• make a show
• make amends (for)
• make away with
• make believe
• make common cause
• make do
• make ducks and drakes of
• make ends meet
• make eyes (at)
• make faces
• make fun of
• make good
• make good (for)
• make good on
• make it
• make it (through)
• make much of
• make off with
• make one's flesh crawl
• make one's flesh creep
• make one's mark
• make out
• make over
• make port
• make shift
• make sport of
• make the grade
• make tracks
• make up
• make up (for)
• make use of