Synonyms of make up

make up 1 of 2

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

makeup

2 of 2

noun

ˈmāk-ˌəp 

1

as in paint

preparations intended to beautify the face

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paint
• cosmetics
• lipstick
• mascara
• war paint
• maquillage
• oil
• cream
• powder
• camouflage
• greasepaint
• lotion
• camo
• rouge
• kohl
• eye shadow
• cold cream
• 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
• arrangement
• motif
• configuration
• getup
• form
• constellation
• ordonnance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of make up

Verb

Then, in April, the Advisory Council for Legal and Ethical Oversight, a group made up of West Natomas residents, took the city of Sacramento to court, asking a judge to halt the project. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

The panel seated for the trial is made up of 12 women and six men, but only 12 of them will deliberate, the rest serve as alternates and will be dismissed before deliberations begin. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Noun

The tired girl aesthetic runs on light makeup that stays sheer, smudged and undone rather than heavily blended or set. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Better yet, the formula boasts impressive staying power for up to 16 hours, taking your makeup from morning coffee to after-work cocktails. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026