make away with

The phrase “make away with” has 4 syllables: make a-way with

It's pronounced as /meɪk əˈweɪ wɪð/


What is synonym and antonym for make away with?

In the thesaurus, “make away with” has 99 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for make away with

  • abduct
  • annihilate
  • appropriate
  • assassinate
  • blot out
  • boost
  • bump off
  • burglarize
  • butcher
  • capture
  • carjack
  • carry off
  • catch
  • claim
  • collar
  • cop
  • crimp
  • croak
  • cut down
  • decimate
  • destroy
  • dispatch
  • do away with
  • do for
  • do in
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • execute
  • fell
  • filch
  • finish
  • get
  • grab
  • grasp
  • heist
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • hook
  • ice
  • impress
  • kidnap
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • lift
  • loot
  • make off with
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • misappropriate
  • mooch
  • mow
  • murder
  • nail
  • neutralize
  • nick
  • nip
  • off
  • pick
  • pilfer
  • pillage
  • pinch
  • plunder
  • poach
  • pocket
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rub out
  • run off with
  • rustle
  • sack
  • scrag
  • seize
  • shanghai
  • shoplift
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smite
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snuff
  • spirit
  • sponge
  • steal
  • suicide
  • swipe
  • take
  • take out
  • terminate
  • thieve
  • walk off with
  • waste
  • waylay
  • whack

Antonyms for make away with

  • animate
  • bestow
  • buy
  • contribute
  • deliver
  • donate
  • give
  • hand over
  • nurture
  • present
  • purchase
  • raise
  • ransom
  • redeem
  • rescue
  • restore
  • resurrect
  • resuscitate
  • return
  • revive

Meanings of make away with

  • verb
    1. To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains.
    2. To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.
    3. To do away with; to destroy.

Example Sentences

  • The burglars managed to make away with the valuable artwork before the police arrived.
  • Despite the security measures, the thieves were able to make away with a large sum of money from the bank vault.
  • The clever raccoon found a way to make away with the picnic basket while everyone was distracted.
  • The suspect attempted to make away with the evidence before being apprehended by the authorities.
  • The students decided to make away with the teacher's prized possession as a prank, but later returned it when they realized the seriousness of their actions.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to make away with, such as: abduct, animate, annihilate, appropriate, assassinate, bestow, blot out.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abduct

  • capture
  • carry off
  • catch
  • cop
  • crimp
  • dognap
  • grab
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • impress
  • kidnap
  • make away with
  • make off with
  • put the snatch on
  • remove
  • run off with
  • seize
  • shanghai
  • snatch
  • sneeze
  • spirit
  • spirit away
  • steal
  • take
  • waylay

kidnap

  • abduct
  • body snatch
  • bundle off
  • capture
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • catch
  • coax
  • cop
  • crimp
  • decoy
  • entice
  • grab
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • impress
  • inveigh
  • lay hands on
  • lure
  • make away with
  • make off with
  • pirate
  • remove
  • run away with
  • run off with
  • seduce
  • seize
  • shanghai
  • skyjack
  • snatch
  • spirit
  • spirit away
  • steal
  • take
  • waylay

make off with

  • abduct
  • ambush
  • appropriate
  • arrest
  • blackmail
  • block
  • body snatch
  • boost
  • bundle off
  • burglarize
  • capture
  • carjack
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • catch
  • cheat
  • check
  • clap hands on
  • clutch
  • coax
  • collar
  • comb
  • cop
  • cozen
  • crimp
  • curb
  • cut in
  • cut off
  • decoy
  • deflect
  • defraud
  • despoil
  • divert
  • dognap
  • embezzle
  • entice
  • explore
  • ferret
  • filch
  • gain
  • get fingers on
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb
  • go through
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • grip
  • gut
  • head off at pass
  • heist
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • hinder
  • hold for ransom
  • hold up
  • hook
  • housebreak
  • hunt
  • impress
  • interlope
  • interpose
  • inveigh
  • investigate
  • jerk
  • jump
  • keep
  • kidnap
  • knock over
  • lay hands on
  • lay waste
  • leave no stone unturned
  • lift
  • look all over for
  • look high and low
  • look into
  • loot
  • lure
  • make away with
  • maraud
  • misappropriate
  • mooch
  • nab
  • nail
  • nick
  • nip
  • obstruct
  • overhaul
  • peculate
  • peer
  • pick
  • pickpocket
  • pilfer
  • pillage
  • pinch
  • pirate
  • plagiarize
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • poach
  • pocket
  • prevent
  • probe
  • pry
  • pull
  • purloin
  • put the snatch on
  • raid
  • rake
  • ransack
  • rape
  • ravish
  • remove
  • rescue
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rummage
  • run away with
  • run off with
  • rustle
  • sack
  • scan
  • scour
  • scrutinize
  • search
  • seduce
  • seek
  • seize
  • shake down
  • shanghai
  • shoplift
  • shortstop
  • skyjack
  • snag
  • snatch
  • sneak
  • sneeze
  • snitch
  • sound
  • spirit
  • spirit away
  • spoil
  • sponge
  • spy
  • steal
  • stick up
  • stop
  • strip
  • swindle
  • swipe
  • take
  • take away
  • take possession of
  • thieve
  • walk off with
  • waylay
  • win
  • withdraw
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • yank

walk off with

  • abduct
  • achieve
  • annex
  • appropriate
  • be first
  • be victorious
  • beat
  • blackmail
  • boost
  • borrow
  • burglarize
  • carjack
  • carry off
  • carry the day
  • cheat
  • collar
  • come in first
  • conquer
  • cop
  • cozen
  • crib
  • defraud
  • despoil
  • divert
  • edge out
  • embezzle
  • filch
  • finish in front
  • finish off
  • gain
  • gain victory
  • grab
  • grasp
  • heist
  • highjack
  • hijack
  • hold for ransom
  • hold up
  • hook
  • housebreak
  • hustle
  • keep
  • kidnap
  • knock over
  • liberate
  • lift
  • loot
  • make away with
  • make off with
  • misappropriate
  • mooch
  • moonlight
  • nail
  • nick
  • nip
  • overcome
  • overwhelm
  • palm
  • peculate
  • pick
  • pickpocket
  • pilfer
  • pillage
  • pinch
  • pirate
  • plagiarize
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • poach
  • pocket
  • prevail
  • purloin
  • ransack
  • remove
  • requisition
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • run circles around
  • run off with
  • rustle
  • sack
  • scrounge
  • seize
  • shanghai
  • shoplift
  • shut out
  • sink
  • snare
  • snatch
  • sneak
  • snipe
  • snitch
  • spirit
  • spirit away
  • sponge
  • steal
  • stick up
  • strip
  • swindle
  • swipe
  • take
  • take possession of
  • take the prize
  • thieve
  • triumph
  • upset
  • walk away with
  • withdraw

kill

  • X out
  • abbreviate
  • affluent
  • allure
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arroyo
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bayou
  • beast
  • beck
  • beckon
  • beguile
  • bewitch
  • billabong
  • black out
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • bleep
  • blip
  • blot out
  • blue-pencil
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • bowdlerize
  • brake
  • branch
  • break
  • brook
  • brooklet
  • brute
  • bump off
  • burn
  • burn out
  • bust
  • butcher
  • canal
  • cancel
  • captivate
  • carry off
  • cease
  • censor
  • channel
  • charm
  • chase
  • chock
  • claim
  • clip
  • confluent
  • coulee
  • counteract
  • court
  • creature
  • creek
  • critter
  • croak
  • crop
  • crucify
  • cut
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cutoff
  • deactivate
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • decimate
  • decline
  • defeat
  • dele
  • delete
  • delight
  • destroy
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • disarm
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • distributary
  • do away with
  • do for
  • do in
  • do up
  • down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw up
  • drown
  • dump
  • efface
  • electrocute
  • elide
  • enchant
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • enrapture
  • enthral
  • enthrall
  • entice
  • entrance
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • excise
  • execute
  • exhaust
  • expunge
  • expurgate
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fag
  • fascinate
  • fatigue
  • fell
  • finish
  • forbid
  • frazzle
  • fresh
  • freshet
  • game
  • garrote
  • get
  • gill
  • gratify
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • halt
  • hang
  • harass
  • hit
  • ice
  • immolate
  • influent
  • interest
  • intrigue
  • invite
  • jam
  • kill off
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • launder
  • liquidate
  • lure
  • lynch
  • magnetize
  • make away with
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • millrace
  • millstream
  • mothball
  • mow
  • murder
  • negative
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • off
  • outwear
  • phase out
  • please
  • poison
  • polish off
  • prey
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • put away
  • put down
  • put to death
  • quarry
  • quash
  • quell
  • race
  • recant
  • red-pencil
  • redact
  • refuse
  • remove
  • repress
  • revoke
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run
  • runlet
  • runnel
  • runoff
  • sacrifice
  • sap
  • scrag
  • seduce
  • shoot down
  • shorten
  • shut off
  • silence
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slew
  • slough
  • slue
  • smite
  • smother
  • snuff
  • solicit
  • stall
  • stick
  • stifle
  • still
  • stop
  • strangle
  • stream
  • streamlet
  • suffocate
  • suicide
  • suppress
  • take
  • take out
  • target
  • tempt
  • terminate
  • tire
  • tributary
  • turn off
  • turn out
  • veto
  • victim
  • wash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • watercourse
  • waterway
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • whack
  • wile
  • wipe out
  • witch
  • woo
  • zap

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