Synonyms and Antonyms of make
1
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
- will you help me make the dough for the cookies?
assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up
craft, handcraft
hew
forge, mold, shape
cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), throw up
prefabricate
create, invent, mint, originate
establish, father, institute, organize
concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)
conceive, envisage, picture, visualize
refashion, remake, remanufacture
disassemble, dismantle, take apart
break up, dismember
abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck
blow up, explode
2
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
achieve, attain, bag, chalk up, clock (up) [chiefly British], gain, hit, log, notch (up), rack up, ring up, score, win
acquire, capture, carry, draw, garner, get, land, make, obtain, procure, realize, secure
amount (to), approach, equal, match, measure up (to), meet, rival, tie, touch
beat, excel, outdo, surpass, top
3
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
beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
conduce (to), contribute (to)
decide, determine
begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start
advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote
enact, render, turn out
impede, limit, restrict
clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress
arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard
can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still
abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench
4
to carry through (as a process) to completion
- one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting
accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
bring about, effect, effectuate, implement
ace, nail
engage (in), practice (also practise)
work (at)
reduplicate, reenact, repeat
actualize, attain, realize
complete, end, finish, wind up
5
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
- made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around
blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, impress, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, sandbag
browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidate
blackmail, high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threaten
drag
badger, harass, hound
allow, let, permit
argue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)
6
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
- I make that to be about six feet long
calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, place, put, reckon, suppose
7
to form by putting together parts or materials
assemble, build, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up
carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape
prefabricate
begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate
constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize
conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)
reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit
jerry-build, rig (up), throw up
combine, unite
demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck
blow up, explode
detach, disengage
disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate
8
to give the impression of being
- the family made merry despite their financial worries
9
to go on a specified course or in a certain direction
- the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug
aim, bend, direct, point, turn
beeline, light out, put, put out, set off, set out, strike, take off
face, orient, steer
about-face, back, come about, come round, cut, incline, put about, reverse, swerve, tack, turn back, veer, wheel, yaw
10
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
- the legislature failed to make any new laws last session
reenact, repass
bring about, effect
allow, authorize, permit, sanction
decree, dictate, proclaim
administer, execute
approve, confirm, ratify
11
to receive as return for effort
- I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here
acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win
clear, gross, net
accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score
accumulate, amass, draw, rack up
catch, pick up
annex, occupy, take over
reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake
12
to have a clear idea of
- what do you make of the latest information?
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
13
chiefly dialect
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
- make the gate when ye leave
close, shut, steek [chiefly Scottish]
bar, batten (down), bolt, chain, fasten, latch, lock
plug, seal, stopper
secure
bang, clap, slam
