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makeup

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of makeup

1 preparations intended to beautify the face
  • She never left the house without applying her makeup and arranging her jewelry.
Synonyms of makeup

cosmetics, paint
Words Related to makeup

greasepaint

camo, camouflage

cold cream, cream, eye shadow, kohl, lipstick, lotion, mascara, oil, powder, rouge, vanishing cream
2 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 of makeup

arrangement, composition, configuration, constellation, design, form, format, getup, layout, pattern
Words Related to makeup

motif, theme

make up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of make up

1 to be all the substance of
  • The book is made up of 20 chapters.
Synonyms of make up

compose, comprise, constitute, form
Words Related to make up

embody, epitomize, incarnate, incorporate, integrate, materialize, personify, substantiate

complement, complete, supplement

fill (out), flesh (out)
2 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 of make up

concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, invent, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)
Words Related to make up

coin, design, hatch, produce

daydream, dream, fantasize

conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize

ad-lib, extemporize, improvise
Phrases Synonymous with make up

come up with
Near Antonyms of make up

clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce
3 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 of make up

assemble, build, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up
Words Related to make 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, retrofit

jerry-build, rig (up), throw up

combine, unite
Phrases Synonymous with make up

put together
Near Antonyms of make up

demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck

blow up, explode

detach, disengage

disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate
Antonyms of make up

demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

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