MAKE DO Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of make-do

as in makeshift

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phrase

as in cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help.

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Yet even this make-do meal felt extravagant. — Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025 The show has a punk rock, garage band, DIY, mix tape, basement, make-do sensibility, flowing from the band and album inspiring its title. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

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His Lamborghini, tragically, has to make do with a $136,000 one. — semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 That made the dramatic conclusion even more difficult when Higgins was sidelined with an injury, forcing Burrow to make do with Mitchell Tinsley and Dohnte Meyers. — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make-do

Recent Examples of Synonyms for make-do

Adjective

Fans left flowers in a makeshift shrine outside Tenerife’s stadium.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
On Saturday, while the rain poured down outside, Marge Simpson in yellow body paint and Carrie Bradshaw with McDonald’s bag in hand (Big is moving to Paris) strutted down a makeshift runway at the new Public Hotel in West Hollywood.

— Meka Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of makeshift

Adjective

Six nonverbal autistic students were missing for hours before arriving at a Brooklyn school more than four hours late after a substitute bus driver got lost, according to a city investigation.

— Doug Williams, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
With zero acting gigs on the horizon and weary of taking handouts from Tori, Trina returns to Hollywood Arts for a substitute teaching position.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitute

Adjective

This is, after all, an institution that frequently has trouble passing stopgap spending bills and conducting routine legislative business.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Both opponents were clearly in a transition period, quarterbacked by stopgap veterans in Jacoby Brissett and Kirk Cousins, respectively.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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