MAKING GOOD Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

making good

phrase

variants or making good on

present participle of make good

as in fulfilling

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 making 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 making good Cecil oversaw the opening of The Inn in 2001, making good, more than a century later, on his great-grandfather’s original vision for a hotel component to his country estate. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026 Sitting in first place in the NFC East, the Giants are banking on McCarthy making good on his growing confidence. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The answer is that making good policy is challenging, and the definition of good policy itself is not clear cut. — Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 What has not changed, though, are feelings of anxiety or uncertainty related to money, which can complicate making good decisions. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 The American was making good decisions and still lost the first set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Giamatti makes Jerry ferocious but not monstruous, a man who certainly likes barking orders at various underlings but loves making good theater even more. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026 That's the company finally making good on its plan bring these vehicles on to public roads about two years after they were first revealed. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Slap added that the registry could help make post-secondary education more accessible by making good information widely available to prospective students in the state. — Kat Ramkumar, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

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That was kind of what was in our heads during the process of making it.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026
Three years after making it, while driving drunk in East Hampton, Pollock crashed his car, killing himself and one of the passengers, Edith Metzger.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of making it

Phrase

There’s no substitute for time and getting there on your own time.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Goldman still believes in the long-term payoff, but getting there requires wading through near-term labor-market disruption that will weigh on growth before lifting it.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of getting there

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In the seventh, reliever Steven Matz issued a leadoff walk to Brewers rookie Cooper Pratt after getting ahead 1-2 in the count.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
By the end of the fifth, the Dodgers had gone eight consecutive innings without scoring, and with a game plan of getting ahead before the Brewers’ vaunted bullpen could take over.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of getting ahead

Phrase

Bouchard scored twice in the second period, sparking Edmonton's rally by cutting it to 2-1 11 seconds into the frame on a long wrist shot through traffic.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Bouchard scored twice in the second, sparking Edmonton’s rally by cutting it to 2-1 11 seconds into the period on a long wrist shot through traffic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026