make

The word “make” has 1 syllable: make

It's pronounced as /meɪk/

What is synonym and antonym for make?

In the thesaurus, “make” has 430 synonyms and 157 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for make along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for make

about-face
absorb
accomplish
accumulate
ace
achieve
acquire
act
actualize
adjust
administer
advance
aim
allow
amass
amount to
annex
appear
appreciate
apprehend
approach
approve
arrange
arrive at
arrive in time
assemble
assign
assimilate
attain
authorize
back
badger
bag
bang
bar
bear
beat
beeline
beget
begin
behold
bend
blackjack
blackmail
bolt
break for
breed
brew
bring
bring about
bring forth
bring home bacon
bring in
bring off
bring on
browbeat
build
bulldoze
bully
calculate
call
capture
carpenter
carry
carry off
carry on
carry out
carry through
catalyze
catch
cause
chain
chalk up
clap
clean up
clear
close
coerce
cognize
coin
collect
combine
come about
come by
come round
come to
commit
compass
compel
complete
compose
compound
comprehend
comprise
conceive
conclude
concoct
concuss
conduct
confect
confirm
conjecture
constitute
constrain
construct
contrive
cook
cook up
cow
craft
create
cultivate
cut
dash off
decide
decipher
declare
decode
decree
deduce
deduct
delegate
derive
design
determine
develop
devise
dictate
dig
digest
direct
discern
dissemble
do
dope out
draft
drag
dragoon
draw
draw on
draw up
dream up
drive
earn
effect
effectuate
elect
embody
enact
encourage
end
engage in
engender
envisage
equal
erect
establish
estimate
excel
execute
extrapolate
fabricate
face
fashion
fasten
father
fathom
feel
figure
finger
finish
fix
force
forge
form
formulate
forward
foster
found
frame
fulfil
fulfill
further
gage
gain
garner
gather
gauge
generate
get
get ready
get to
give rise to
go
go through
grasp
grok
gross
guess
hammer
handcraft
harass
harvest
hatch
head
hector
hew
high-pressure
hint
hit
horn in
hound
hustle
imagine
impel
implement
imply
impress
inaugurate
incline
induce
infer
initiate
innovate
insinuate
install
institute
interfere
intimidate
introduce
intuit
invent
invest
invoke
jerry-build
judge
knock down
knock off
knock out
know
land
latch
launch
lay down
lead to
legislate
light out
lock
log
look
make out
make up
manufacture
match
meddle
meet
menace
mint
mix
mold
move
muscle
nail
name
negotiate
net
nominate
nourish
nurture
obligate
oblige
obtain
occasion
occupy
ordain
organize
orient
originate
outdo
parent
pass
penetrate
perceive
perform
permit
perpetrate
pick up
pick up on
picture
piece
pierce
pioneer
place
plug
point
practice
practise
prefabricate
prepare
press
pressure
pressurize
pretend
prevail upon
proceed
proclaim
procreate
procure
produce
proffer
progress
promote
prompt
prosecute
pull
pull down
pull off
put
put about
put out
put through
put together
put up
rack up
raise
rate
ratify
reach
reacquire
realize
reap
rear
reason
reassemble
reattain
rebuild
recall
recapture
receive
reckon
recognize
reconstruct
redevelop
reduplicate
reedify
reenact
refashion
regain
register
remake
remanufacture
render
repass
repeat
represent
require
resemble
retrofit
reverse
ring up
rival
sanction
sandbag
savvy
score
seal
secure
see
seem
seize
select
sense
set
set off
set out
set up
shame
shape
shotgun
shut
slam
sock
sound
spawn
start
steek
steer
stopper
strike
strike out
structure
suggest
suppose
surpass
swerve
synthesize
tack
take in
take off
take over
tamper
tap
tear off
tender
terrorize
texture
think
threaten
throw together
throw up
tie
top
touch
turn
turn back
turn out
twig
understand
unite
veer
visualize
wage
wheel
whip
whip out
win
wind up
work
yaw
yield

Antonyms for make

abolish
abrogate
accord
allow
annihilate
annul
argue
arrest
blow up
break
break up
calibrate
can
cancel
check
compute
control
convince
crush
curb
dampen
demolish
demote
demount
deny
derange
destroy
detach
devastate
disallow
disarrange
disassemble
disbelieve
disconnect
discourage
disengage
disjoin
dismantle
dismember
disorder
disorganize
dissuade
disunite
divide
doubt
eradicate
exclude
expend
explode
exterminate
extinguish
fail
flatten
forfeit
forget
give
give up
grant
guess
halt
hand over
idle
ignore
impede
induce
inhibit
invalidate
kill
knock down
leave alone
let
let go
level
limit
liquidate
lose
measure
misapprehend
misconceive
misconstrue
misinterpret
misperceive
misread
miss
mistake
misunderstand
move
neglect
nullify
open
overturn
pass over
pay
pay out
permit
persuade
prevent
pull down
pulverize
put down
quash
quell
quench
raze
refuse
refute
relinquish
renounce
repeal
repress
rescind
restrain
restrict
retard
retreat
retrogress
reverse
revoke
ruin
ruinate
satisfy
scale
separate
shatter
skimp
slight
slur
smash
smother
spend
squash
squelch
stay
stifle
still
stop
strike
subdue
suppress
surrender
take apart
take back
take down
tear down
unbar
unbolt
unchain
unfasten
unlatch
unlock
unmix
unseal
veto
void
work out
wreck
yield

Meanings of make

noun
1. Brand or kind; model.
2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
4. A person's character or disposition.
5. The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
6. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
8. Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
9. (usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).
10. A promotion.
11. A home-made project.
12. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
13. A made basket.
14. The closing of an electrical circuit.
15. Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
16. A halfpenny.
17. An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
verb
1. To create.
2. To behave, to act.
3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
4. To constitute.
5. To add up to, have a sum of.
6. (construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
7. (usually stressed) To bring into success.
8. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
9. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
10. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
11. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
12. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
13. (of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
14. (law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
15. To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
16. To proceed (in a direction).
17. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
18. To move at (a speed).
19. To appoint; to name.
20. To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
21. To defecate or urinate.
22. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
23. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
24. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
25. To enact; to establish.
26. To develop into; to prove to be.
27. To form or formulate in the mind.
28. To perform a feat.
29. To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
30. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
31. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
32. To be engaged or concerned in.
33. To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
34. To take the virginity of.
35. To have sexual intercourse with.

Example Sentences

She always knows how to make everyone feel welcome at gatherings.
Practice is the key to make progress in learning any skill.
His goal is to make a positive impact on the community through volunteering.
The chef will make your favorite dish if you request it in advance.
With dedication and hard work, you can make your dreams a reality.

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