Synonyms of makes

makes

verb

present tense third-person singular of make

1

as in produces

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

will you help me make the dough for the cookies?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produces
• creates
• manufactures
• assembles
• builds
• constructs
• forms
• fabricates
• organizes
• frames
• fashions
• puts together
• crafts
• shapes
• structures
• establishes
• erects
• invents
• raises
• originates
• sets up
• forges
• makes up
• throws up
• designs
• knocks out
• molds
• imagines
• hews
• rears
• concocts
• contrives
• envisages
• visualizes
• devises
• puts up
• conceives
• institutes
• fathers
• handcrafts
• cooks (up)
• thinks (up)
• prefabricates
• remakes
• pictures
• patches (together)
• cobbles (together or up)
• mints
• remanufactures
• refashions

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• dismantles
• destroys
• flattens
• abolishes
• breaks up
• disassembles
• shatters
• eradicates
• annihilates
• smashes
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• devastates
• pulverizes
• ruins
• takes apart
• explodes
• wrecks
• dismembers
• exterminates
• blows up
• razes

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• dismantles
• destroys
• flattens
• abolishes
• breaks up
• disassembles
• shatters
• eradicates
• annihilates
• smashes
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• devastates
• pulverizes
• ruins
• takes apart
• explodes
• wrecks
• dismembers
• exterminates
• blows up
• razes

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2

as in achieves

to obtain (as a goal) through effort

we finally made it!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achieves
• attains
• wins
• gains
• obtains
• scores
• gets
• hits
• garners
• captures
• secures
• lands
• logs
• acquires
• realizes
• bags
• excels
• draws
• procures
• carries
• rings up
• racks up
• clocks (up)
• chalks up
• equals
• meets
• notches (up)
• touches
• ties
• approaches
• surpasses
• matches
• amounts (to)
• tops
• rivals
• outdoes
• measures up (to)
• beats

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• misses
• fails (at)
• loses
• falls short (of)

• misses
• fails (at)
• loses
• falls short (of)

3

as in creates

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

• creates
• brings
• causes
• generates
• does
• prompts
• produces
• works
• spawns
• induces
• yields
• invokes
• catalyzes
• engenders
• begets
• brings about
• draws on
• occasions
• gives rise to
• encourages
• effects
• brings on
• brings forth
• results (in)
• promotes
• introduces
• effectuates
• translates (into)
• breeds
• establishes
• begins
• founds
• determines
• initiates
• starts
• renders
• contributes (to)
• decides
• launches
• inaugurates
• develops
• furthers
• fosters
• cultivates
• enacts
• nourishes
• institutes
• fathers
• sets up
• conduces (to)
• sets
• innovates
• turns out
• nurtures
• advances
• pioneers
• forwards

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• restricts
• impedes
• limits
• suppresses
• inhibits
• dampens
• stifles
• controls
• smothers
• subdues
• represses
• arrests
• restrains
• checks
• crushes
• squashes
• puts down
• kills
• curbs
• retards
• destroys
• reins (in)
• quells
• quashes
• squelches
• abolishes
• cans
• stills
• extinguishes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• demolishes
• quenches
• liquidates
• snuffs (out)

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• restricts
• impedes
• limits
• suppresses
• inhibits
• dampens
• stifles
• controls
• smothers
• subdues
• represses
• arrests
• restrains
• checks
• crushes
• squashes
• puts down
• kills
• curbs
• retards
• destroys
• reins (in)
• quells
• quashes
• squelches
• abolishes
• cans
• stills
• extinguishes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• demolishes
• quenches
• liquidates
• snuffs (out)

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4

as in accomplishes

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

• accomplishes
• fulfils
• fulfills
• achieves
• performs
• does
• executes
• implements
• commits
• negotiates
• prosecutes
• completes
• carries out
• realizes
• goes through
• carries off
• perpetrates
• finishes
• follows through (with)
• pulls off
• puts through
• brings off
• brings about
• practices
• effects
• attains
• effectuates
• works (at)
• compasses
• repeats
• ends
• engages (in)
• nails
• practises
• reenacts
• actualizes
• winds up
• aces
• reduplicates

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• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

5

as in compels

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compels
• coerces
• obligates
• forces
• obliges
• drives
• constrains
• impresses
• impels
• pressures
• intimidates
• muscles
• blackmails
• presses
• threatens
• bullies
• sandbags
• twists one's arm
• dragoons
• cows
• drags
• shames
• bulldozes
• terrorizes
• browbeats
• blackjacks
• harasses
• hectors
• high-pressures
• menaces
• badgers
• hounds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allows
• permits
• lets
• moves
• argues
• induces
• satisfies
• wins (over)
• convinces
• prevails (on or upon)
• talks (into)
• persuades

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• allows
• permits
• lets
• moves
• argues
• induces
• satisfies
• wins (over)
• convinces
• prevails (on or upon)
• talks (into)
• persuades

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6

as in estimates

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

• estimates
• puts
• calculates
• supposes
• figures
• judges
• guesses
• reckons
• gauges
• calls
• places
• understands
• concludes
• infers
• gages
• deduces
• conjectures
• gathers
• reasons
• extrapolates

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• measures
• scales
• computes
• calibrates
• works out

• measures
• scales
• computes
• calibrates
• works out

7

as in builds

to form by putting together parts or materials

make a model airplane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• builds
• assembles
• constructs
• creates
• erects
• establishes
• produces
• manufactures
• pieces
• fabricates
• generates
• sets up
• makes up
• designs
• raises
• confects
• puts together
• rears
• puts up
• organizes
• begins
• constitutes
• invents
• originates
• rebuilds
• concocts
• shapes
• forges
• initiates
• founds
• imagines
• reconstructs
• molds
• innovates
• conceives
• inaugurates
• contrives
• fashions
• combines
• hammers
• devises
• frames
• institutes
• fathers
• coins
• reassembles
• unites
• prefabricates
• handcrafts
• cooks (up)
• thinks (up)
• carpenters
• throws up
• retrofits
• reedifies
• rigs (up)
• redevelops
• jerry-builds

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• strikes
• destroys
• dismantles
• flattens
• disassembles
• takes down
• dismembers
• levels
• shatters
• knocks down
• smashes
• demolishes
• pulverizes
• tears down
• devastates
• explodes
• ruins
• wrecks
• pulls down
• razes
• detaches
• demounts
• blows up
• separates
• disengages
• divides
• ruinates
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

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• strikes
• destroys
• dismantles
• flattens
• disassembles
• takes down
• dismembers
• levels
• shatters
• knocks down
• smashes
• demolishes
• pulverizes
• tears down
• devastates
• explodes
• ruins
• wrecks
• pulls down
• razes
• detaches
• demounts
• blows up
• separates
• disengages
• divides
• ruinates
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

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8

as in seems

to give the impression of being

the family made merry despite their financial worries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seems
• looks
• feels
• sounds
• appears
• acts
• comes off (as)
• resembles
• pretends
• suggests
• implies
• comes across (as)
• recalls
• dissembles
• hints
• insinuates

9

as in heads

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

• heads
• turns
• puts
• aims
• bears
• directs
• points
• sets out
• veers
• sets off
• bends
• steers
• strikes
• orients
• faces
• takes off
• reverses
• puts out
• backs
• turns back
• lights out
• comes about
• beelines
• cuts
• wheels
• tacks
• inclines
• comes round
• swerves
• puts about
• yaws
• about-faces

10

as in enacts

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

the legislature failed to make any new laws last session

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enacts
• passes
• constitutes
• approves
• legislates
• ordains
• dictates
• lays down
• authorizes
• permits
• ratifies
• brings about
• reenacts
• proclaims
• allows
• effects
• confirms
• executes
• administers
• repasses
• sanctions
• decrees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revokes
• repeals
• kills
• cancels
• invalidates
• abolishes
• reverses
• rescinds
• nullifies
• abrogates
• voids
• annuls
• overturns

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• revokes
• repeals
• kills
• cancels
• invalidates
• abolishes
• reverses
• rescinds
• nullifies
• abrogates
• voids
• annuls
• overturns

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11

as in earns

to receive as return for effort

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earns
• reaps
• wins
• gets
• garners
• obtains
• gains
• lands
• realizes
• secures
• attains
• captures
• acquires
• procures
• draws
• carries
• achieves
• brings in
• bags
• pulls down
• knocks down
• comes by
• accomplishes
• accumulates
• scores
• occupies
• nets
• clears
• regains
• catches
• grosses
• amasses
• takes over
• recaptures
• notches (up)
• picks up
• annexes
• racks up
• remakes
• reacquires
• reattains

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• loses
• gives
• pays
• forfeits
• grants
• parts (with)
• yields
• accords
• relinquishes
• surrenders
• gives up
• hands over

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• loses
• gives
• pays
• forfeits
• grants
• parts (with)
• yields
• accords
• relinquishes
• surrenders
• gives up
• hands over

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12

as in knows

to have a clear idea of

what do you make of the latest information?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knows
• understands
• sees
• recognizes
• deciphers
• comprehends
• appreciates
• gets
• grasps
• realizes
• perceives
• conceives
• discerns
• senses
• seizes
• assimilates
• apprehends
• beholds
• intuits
• makes out
• catches
• decodes
• registers
• digs
• tumbles (to)
• catches on (to)
• twigs
• absorbs
• cognizes
• groks
• picks up on
• cottons (to or on to)
• savvies
• digests
• penetrates
• takes in
• compasses
• pierces
• fathoms

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• misses
• misunderstands
• mistakes
• misinterprets
• misreads
• misconstrues
• misconceives
• misapprehends
• misperceives

• misses
• misunderstands
• mistakes
• misinterprets
• misreads
• misconstrues
• misconceives
• misapprehends
• misperceives

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13

as in shuts

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

make the gate when ye leave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuts
• closes
• locks
• slams
• seals
• chains
• steeks
• latches
• fastens
• secures
• battens (down)
• bars
• claps
• plugs
• bolts
• stoppers
• bangs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens
• unlocks
• unfastens
• unlatches
• unbolts
• unseals
• unchains
• unbars

• opens
• unlocks
• unfastens
• unlatches
• unbolts
• unseals
• unchains
• unbars

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