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

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
  • better
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
  • break
  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • cart
  • carve out
  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
  • collection
  • come down with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commandeer
  • commission
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • con
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
  • consider
  • contain
  • contract
  • control
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cop
  • countenance
  • counterreaction
  • counterresponse
  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
  • decimate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
  • effect
  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
  • ensnare
  • entail
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • entertain
  • entrap
  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • exact
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
  • expect
  • experience
  • expropriate
  • fail
  • fascinate
  • feed
  • feed on
  • feel
  • fell
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fiddle
  • field
  • filch
  • finance
  • finesse
  • finish
  • fit
  • fix
  • flatten
  • flimflam
  • flourish
  • follow
  • function
  • gain
  • gain possession
  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
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  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
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  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
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  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

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

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

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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