MAKE GOOD Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

make good

phrase

variants or make good on

Definition of make good

as in fulfill

to do what is required by the terms of He made good on his promise to pay back the loan within a year.

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Relevance

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as in succeed

to reach a desired level of accomplishment She made good as a musician when she moved to New York City.

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Recent Examples of make good The Italian brand, founded in 1895 and still family-run today, has always focused on making good coffee while staying relevant in current pop culture. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 YouTube has made good on a provision in a 2025 distribution agreement with NBCUniversal, launching the ad-free tier of Peacock on its channel store. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 June 2026 And only around 20% of their energy and time can go towards making good films. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 29 June 2026 Monroe wore her wedding suit more than once Monroe made good use of her wedding suit before ever walking down the aisle. — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for make good

Recent Examples of Synonyms for make good

Phrase

Instead of fighting with Whitney, Lindsay has a talk with Yvonne about how Lindsay ruined Yvonne’s wedding by making it all about her.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Andruw Monasterio broke the ice with a solo home run, and a couple of batters later Ceddanne Rafaela followed with a two-run shot to make it 3-0.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of make it

Phrase

The Omdia data shows that 68% of enterprises plan to evaluate changes to their observability solutions within the next six months, your window to get ahead of the cost curve rather than respond to it.

— Andi Mann, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Egypt took a surprising lead in the 15th minute when Ibrahim got ahead of Lisandro Martinez to meet Marwan Attia’s cross and head the ball into the bottom corner.

— James Robson, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Definition of get ahead

Phrase

Snowflake is getting there by separating the context a customer declares from the context the platform derives on its own.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Even if the previous year’s partner shows up late, Kempenaers notes, the one who got there first will typically stay with its new partner.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026