make out

The phrase “make out” has 2 syllables: make out

It's pronounced as /meɪk aʊt/


What is synonym and antonym for make out?

In the thesaurus, “make out” has 134 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for make out

  • absorb
  • accept
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • affect
  • afford
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • ascertain
  • assimilate
  • assume
  • behold
  • bluff
  • camouflage
  • carry on
  • catch
  • cognize
  • collect
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • conceal
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • conjecture
  • construe
  • contemplate
  • contrive
  • cope
  • counterfeit
  • decide
  • decipher
  • decode
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • derive
  • detect
  • dig
  • digest
  • discern
  • discover
  • disguise
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • distinguish
  • do
  • do well enough
  • draw a conclusion
  • eke out
  • endure
  • espy
  • extrapolate
  • fake
  • fare
  • fathom
  • feign
  • feint
  • fend for oneself
  • find out
  • flourish
  • follow
  • gather
  • get
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • grasp
  • grok
  • guess
  • impersonate
  • infer
  • interpret
  • intuit
  • judge
  • know
  • last
  • let on
  • make
  • make a pretense
  • make a show
  • make believe
  • make do
  • make ends meet
  • make shift
  • manage
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • muddle through
  • notice
  • observe
  • penetrate
  • perceive
  • philosophize
  • pick up on
  • pierce
  • play
  • playact
  • pose
  • pretend
  • profess
  • prosper
  • put on
  • put on an act
  • put up a front
  • rationalize
  • read
  • realize
  • reason
  • recognize
  • register
  • remark
  • savvy
  • score
  • scrounge
  • see
  • seize
  • sense
  • sham
  • shift
  • simulate
  • speculate
  • squeeze
  • suppose
  • surmise
  • survive
  • swing
  • take in
  • think
  • thrive
  • twig
  • understand
  • work out
  • wrest
  • wring

Antonyms for make out

  • collapse
  • decline
  • fail
  • fall short
  • fizzle
  • flounder
  • give up
  • misapprehend
  • misconceive
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misperceive
  • misread
  • miss
  • mistake
  • misunderstand
  • slump
  • wane

Meanings of make out

  • verb
    1. To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee.
    2. To send out.
    3. To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
    4. To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
    5. To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
    6. To embrace and kiss passionately.
    7. To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.

Example Sentences

  • I could barely make out the words on the sign because it was so dark outside.
  • They decided to make out in the back of the movie theater during the romantic scene.
  • Can you make out the details in this blurry photo?
  • After a long day at work, all I want to do is make out with my favorite book and relax.
  • The detective tried to make out the suspect’s face in the surveillance footage.

On this page you'll find 152 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to make out, such as: absorb, accept, accomplish, achieve, act, affect, afford.

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identifies

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  • name
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  • peg
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  • place
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identify

  • ID
  • analyze
  • associate
  • betray
  • button down
  • card
  • catalog
  • check
  • classify
  • compare
  • connect
  • correlate
  • describe
  • determinate
  • determine
  • diagnose
  • diagnosticate
  • disclose
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • equate
  • establish
  • examine
  • find
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  • make out
  • name
  • notice
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  • peg
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  • place
  • recognize
  • relate
  • reveal
  • scrutinize
  • select
  • separate
  • single out
  • spot
  • tab
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keep an eye on

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accord
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advise
  • aid
  • angel
  • attend
  • attend to
  • audit
  • baby sit
  • baby-sit
  • back
  • bankroll
  • be a source of strength
  • be attentive
  • be consistent with
  • be devoted to
  • be guided by
  • be in charge
  • be in keeping
  • be in the saddle
  • be interested in
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beam
  • bedog
  • behold
  • boss
  • bring up
  • bulwark
  • buoy up
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • captain
  • care for
  • case
  • catch
  • cater to
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • check
  • check out
  • cherish
  • command
  • comply
  • concentrate
  • concentrate on
  • conduct
  • conform
  • contemplate
  • control
  • convoy
  • copy
  • corral
  • counsel
  • cover
  • cover up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cultivate
  • deal with
  • defend
  • detect
  • devote oneself
  • dig
  • direct
  • discern
  • discipline
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • do
  • do for
  • do like
  • dog
  • eagle eye
  • eagle-eye
  • emulate
  • encourage
  • ensure
  • escort
  • espy
  • examine
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • father
  • feed
  • fend
  • finance
  • flash
  • focus
  • follow
  • follow suit
  • fortify
  • forward
  • foster
  • fund
  • further
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • give a leg up
  • give allegiance to
  • give heed to
  • give the once-over
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • goggle
  • govern
  • guard
  • handle
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • have a look-see
  • have charge of
  • hear
  • hearken
  • heed
  • herd
  • hold fast
  • hound
  • humor
  • imitate
  • immunize
  • indulge
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • irradiate
  • keep
  • keep abreast of
  • keep alive
  • keep in view
  • keep tabs on
  • keep track of
  • keep under surveillance
  • lamp
  • lend an ear
  • listen
  • listen up
  • live up to
  • look
  • look after
  • look at
  • look on
  • lookout
  • maintain
  • make a living
  • make certain
  • make out
  • manage
  • mark
  • match
  • medicate
  • mimic
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mirror
  • model on
  • monitor
  • mother
  • note
  • notice
  • nourish
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • occupy oneself with
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • pamper
  • patrol
  • pattern oneself upon
  • pay attention
  • pay attention to
  • pay expenses of
  • pay for
  • pay heed
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • perceive
  • perform
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • pick up the check
  • pipe
  • police
  • preserve
  • preside over
  • promote
  • prop
  • protect
  • provide for
  • pursue
  • put up money for
  • quarterback
  • raise
  • read
  • recognize
  • record
  • reflect
  • regard
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun for
  • rubberneck
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • save
  • scan
  • scope
  • screen
  • scrutinize
  • secure
  • see
  • see after
  • see to
  • serve
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • sight
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skipper
  • sponsor
  • spot
  • spy
  • stake
  • stalk
  • stare
  • stiffen
  • stonewall
  • strengthen
  • string along
  • stroke
  • study
  • subsidize
  • succor
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • surveil
  • survey
  • sustain
  • tag
  • take a gander
  • take after
  • take as an example
  • take care of
  • take charge of
  • take in
  • take notice
  • take pains
  • take under wing
  • tend
  • track
  • trail
  • treat
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • vaccinate
  • view
  • wait
  • wait on
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • witness

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

keep up

  • abide
  • balance
  • bear up
  • bide
  • carry on
  • carry through
  • compete
  • conserve
  • contend
  • continue
  • cope
  • cure
  • defend
  • draw out
  • emulate
  • endure
  • fare
  • fix
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • go
  • go on
  • guard
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • heal
  • hold on
  • hold out
  • hold up
  • husband
  • keep pace
  • keep step
  • last
  • linger
  • maintain
  • make out
  • manage
  • match
  • mend
  • pace
  • patch
  • perdure
  • persevere
  • persist
  • preserve
  • prevail
  • protect
  • rebuild
  • reconstruct
  • rehabilitate
  • rejuvenate
  • remain
  • remedy
  • restore
  • rival
  • run on
  • run with
  • safeguard
  • save
  • screen
  • service
  • shield
  • stay
  • stick around
  • stretch
  • support
  • survive
  • sustain
  • tarry
  • vie

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