Synonyms of making up

making up

verb

present participle of make up

1

as in comprising

to be all the substance of

the book is made up of 20 chapters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprising
• composing
• constituting
• forming
• filling (out)
• integrating
• incorporating
• embodying
• supplementing
• fleshing (out)
• complementing
• personifying
• completing
• incarnating
• epitomizing
• substantiating
• materializing

2

as in devising

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

• devising
• concocting
• constructing
• thinking (up)
• inventing
• cooking (up)
• coming up with
• drumming up
• designing
• trumping up
• vamping (up)
• manufacturing
• producing
• excogitating
• hatching
• fabricating
• contriving
• dreaming
• conceiving
• imagining
• visualizing
• coining
• envisioning
• daydreaming
• fantasizing
• improvising
• envisaging
• visioning
• picturing
• extemporizing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• copying
• duplicating
• imitating
• mimicking
• cloning
• replicating
• reduplicating
• copycatting

3

as in building

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

• building
• constructing
• assembling
• making
• setting up
• putting together
• creating
• putting up
• erecting
• manufacturing
• establishing
• designing
• fabricating
• piecing
• producing
• rearing
• raising
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• confecting
• generating
• rebuilding
• throwing up
• shaping
• rigging (up)
• organizing
• molding
• beginning
• originating
• forging
• concocting
• inventing
• framing
• fashioning
• hammering
• founding
• reconstructing
• initiating
• innovating
• instituting
• inaugurating
• constituting
• carpentering
• coining
• imagining
• prefabricating
• devising
• handcrafting
• reedifying
• retrofitting
• fathering
• combining
• conceiving
• reassembling
• redeveloping
• jerry-building
• contriving
• uniting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking down
• tearing down
• knocking down
• pulling down
• striking
• dismantling
• destroying
• blowing up
• disassembling
• wrecking
• dismembering
• devastating
• ruining
• shattering
• flattening
• smashing
• leveling
• demolishing
• pulverizing
• razing
• exploding
• demounting
• ruinating
• dividing
• detaching
• separating
• disengaging
• disconnecting
• disjoining
• disuniting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of making up

She was later wrongfully accused of making up the allegations and fired, while Durrah maintained his employment with the department, Tillman claimed in her complaint. — Amber Gaudet updated August 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Consumer payments and subscriptions remain the core of the business, contributing 85% to 90% of revenue across the forecast period, with subscriptions already making up 60% to 70% of viewer spend. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

From female directors making up 18-19 percent of film production to more than 30 percent. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Medicaid now covers families making up to 138% of the federal poverty level. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 25 June 2026

Congress has to keep making up the gap with general taxpayer funds. — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 May 2026

The timing of the hearing, coming less than three weeks before the primary election, throws a spotlight on the scandal just as voters are making up their minds. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026

So far this year through April 19, 29 of the city’s 201 shooting victims have been under 18 making up 14% of the victims, according to the NYPD. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

Businesses run by women are beginning to dominate the state’s economy, making up 40% statewide. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026