MAKES GOOD Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

makes good

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variants or makes good on

present tense third-person singular of make good

as in fulfills

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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as in makes it

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 makes good At Aosta, northern Italian cooking makes good use of Central Otago produce. — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 If Blyth makes good use of his own amiability, Whitford subverts his. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026 The film also makes good use of Chicago, showcasing locations downtown and in several neighborhoods. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 The results consistently show this investment is one that makes good economic sense. — Joshua R. Ehrlich, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 So, waiting and having a better understanding of all of the candidates nationally makes good sense. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The enterprise software giant on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter and issued guidance for the current period that makes good on the company's pledge to reaccelerate into the end of the year. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 What makes good historical fiction is the author’s authority, and there are many different routes to authority. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 But even if Ellison makes good on his threat, uprooting one of Hollywood’s oldest studios, along with its workforce and decades of production infrastructure, wouldn’t be easy. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

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Waiting at the top is a life-changing jackpot, to share with whoever makes it there.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Two Ways To Buy A Bond Start with what a bond purchase does when the Federal Reserve makes it.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of makes it

Phrase

Lockheed also highlighted that its FLEX airframe will provide a modular airframe that gets ahead of subcomponent obsolescence, provides future capability enhancements to outpace threats and enable scalability at the production factory.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Each of these plans comes with seasonal pest control that gets ahead of pest activity, but Pro and Premium treatments occur even more frequently during peak pest season.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of gets ahead

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The sweet spot for a Moon base, Isaacman said, is a relatively small region near the lunar south pole, and there are tangible implications for who gets there first.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Nashville praises the family, but how exactly that baby gets there…well, you’re not supposed to talk about that.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026