Synonyms of make up

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verb

1

as in to comprise

to be all the substance of

the book is made up of 20 chapters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprise
• compose
• constitute
• form
• incarnate
• supplement
• flesh (out)
• complement
• personify
• integrate
• embody
• incorporate
• fill (out)
• epitomize
• complete
• materialize
• substantiate

2

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• concoct
• construct
• invent
• design
• come up with
• drum up
• trump up
• manufacture
• vamp (up)
• produce
• cook (up)
• hatch
• think (up)
• excogitate
• contrive
• dream
• imagine
• envision
• fabricate
• visualize
• conceive
• coin
• vision
• envisage
• daydream
• fantasize
• improvise
• extemporize
• picture
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mimic
• reproduce
• imitate
• duplicate
• copy
• replicate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

• mimic
• reproduce
• imitate
• duplicate
• copy
• replicate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

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3

as in to build

to form by putting together parts or materials

we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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makeup

2 of 2

noun

1

as in cosmetics

preparations intended to beautify the face

she never left the house without applying her makeup and arranging her jewelry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cosmetics
• paint
• lipstick
• mascara
• maquillage
• war paint
• oil
• powder
• cream
• lotion
• camouflage
• greasepaint
• kohl
• rouge
• camo
• cold cream
• eye shadow
• vanishing cream

2

as in design

the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged

the makeup of the memorial is strikingly simple: a single massive globe signifying world unity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• design
• layout
• composition
• format
• theme
• pattern
• getup
• arrangement
• configuration
• motif
• form
• constellation
• ordonnance