makes

The word “makes” has 1 syllable: makes

It's pronounced as /meɪks/

What is synonym and antonym for makes?

In the thesaurus, “makes” has 514 synonyms and 182 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for makes

about-faces
absorbs
accomplish
accomplishes
accumulates
aces
achieves
acquires
act
acts
actualizes
adjust
administers
advance
advances
aims
allows
amasses
amount to
annexes
appears
appreciates
apprehends
approaches
approves
arrange
arrive at
arrive in time
assemble
assembles
assign
assimilates
attain
attains
authorizes
backs
badgers
bags
bangs
bars
bear
bears
beats
beelines
beget
begets
begins
beholds
bends
blackjacks
blackmails
bolts
break for
breeds
brew
bring about
bring home bacon
bring in
brings
brings about
brings forth
brings in
brings off
brings on
browbeats
builds
bulldozes
bullies
calculate
calculates
calls
captures
carpenters
carries
carries off
carries out
carry on
carry out
carry through
catalyzes
catch
catches
cause
causes
chains
chalks up
claps
clean up
clear
clears
closes
coerce
coerces
cognizes
coins
collect
combines
come to
comes about
comes by
comes round
commits
compasses
compels
completes
compose
compound
comprehends
comprise
conceive
conceives
conclude
concludes
concocts
concuss
conduct
confects
confirms
conjectures
constitute
constitutes
constrain
constrains
construct
constructs
contrives
cook
cook up
cows
crafts
create
creates
cultivates
cuts
dash off
decides
deciphers
declare
decodes
decree
decrees
deduce
deduces
deduct
delegate
derive
designs
determines
develops
devises
dictates
digests
digs
directs
discerns
dissembles
do
does
dope out
draft
dragoon
dragoons
drags
draw
draw on
draw up
draws
draws on
dream up
drive
drives
earns
effect
effects
effectuates
elect
embody
enacts
encourages
ends
engage in
engender
engenders
envisages
equal
equals
erects
establish
establishes
estimates
excels
executes
extrapolates
fabricate
fabricates
faces
fashion
fashions
fastens
fathers
fathoms
feels
figure
figures
finger
finishes
fix
force
forces
forge
forges
form
forms
formulate
forwards
fosters
founds
frame
frames
fulfills
fulfils
furthers
gages
gain
gains
garners
gather
gathers
gauge
gauges
generate
generates
get
get ready
get to
gets
give rise to
gives rise to
go
goes through
grasps
groks
grosses
guesses
hammers
handcrafts
harasses
harvest
hatch
head
heads
hectors
hews
high-pressures
hints
hits
horn in
hounds
hustle
imagines
impel
impels
implements
implies
impress
impresses
inaugurates
inclines
induces
infers
initiate
initiates
innovates
insinuates
install
institutes
interfere
intimidates
introduces
intuits
invent
invents
invest
invokes
jerry-builds
judge
judges
knock off
knocks down
knocks out
knows
lands
latches
launches
lays down
lead to
legislate
legislates
light out
lights out
locks
logs
looks
make up
makes out
makes up
manufacture
manufactures
matches
meddle
meet
meets
menaces
mints
mix
mold
molds
move
muscles
nails
name
negotiates
net
nets
nominate
nourishes
nurtures
obligates
oblige
obliges
obtain
obtains
occasion
occasions
occupies
ordain
ordains
organize
organizes
orients
originate
originates
outdoes
parent
pass
passes
penetrates
perceives
perform
performs
permits
perpetrates
picks up
picks up on
pictures
pieces
pierces
pioneers
places
plugs
points
practice
practices
practises
prefabricates
prepare
press
presses
pressures
pressurize
pretends
prevail upon
proceed
proclaims
procreate
procures
produce
produces
proffer
progress
promotes
prompts
prosecute
prosecutes
pull
pull down
pulls down
pulls off
put together
puts
puts about
puts out
puts through
puts together
puts up
racks up
raises
rate
ratifies
reach
reacquires
realize
realizes
reap
reaps
rears
reasons
reassembles
reattains
rebuilds
recalls
recaptures
receive
reckon
reckons
recognizes
reconstructs
redevelops
reduplicates
reedifies
reenacts
refashions
regains
registers
remakes
remanufactures
renders
repasses
repeats
represent
require
resembles
retrofits
reverses
rings up
rivals
sanctions
sandbags
savvies
scores
seals
secure
secures
seems
sees
seizes
select
senses
set out
sets
sets off
sets out
sets up
shames
shape
shapes
shotgun
shuts
slams
sock
sounds
spawn
spawns
start
starts
steeks
steers
stoppers
strike out
strikes
structure
structures
suggests
suppose
supposes
surpasses
swerves
synthesize
tacks
take in
take off
takes in
takes off
takes over
tamper
tap
tear off
tender
terrorizes
texture
think
threatens
throw together
throws up
ties
tops
touches
turns
turns back
turns out
twigs
understands
unites
veers
visualizes
wage
wheels
whip
whip out
winds up
wins
works
yaws
yields

Antonyms for makes

abolishes
abrogates
accords
allows
annihilates
annuls
argues
arrests
blows up
break
breaks up
calculate
calibrates
cancels
cans
cease
checks
computes
confuse
controls
convinces
crush
crushes
curbs
dampens
decrease
demolish
demolishes
demote
demounts
deny
derange
destroy
destroys
detaches
devastates
disallow
disarrange
disassembles
disbelieve
disconnects
discourage
disengages
disjoins
dismantle
dismantles
dismembers
disorder
disorganize
disperse
dissuade
disunites
divide
divides
end
eradicates
estimate
exclude
explodes
exterminates
extinguishes
fail
fails
finish
flattens
forfeit
forfeits
forget
give up
gives
gives up
grants
guess
halt
hands over
idle
ignore
impedes
induces
inhibits
invalidates
keep
kill
kills
knocks down
leave
leave alone
let go
lets
levels
limits
liquidates
lose
loses
measure
measures
misapprehends
misconceives
misconstrues
misinterprets
misperceives
misreads
miss
misses
mistakes
misunderstands
moves
neglect
nullifies
opens
overturns
pass over
pays
permits
persuades
plant
prevent
pulls down
pulverizes
puts down
quashes
quells
quenches
raze
razes
refuse
refute
relinquishes
renounce
repeals
represses
rescinds
restrains
restricts
retards
retreat
retrogress
reverses
revokes
ruin
ruinates
ruins
satisfies
scales
scatter
separate
separates
shatters
skimps
slights
slurs
smashes
smothers
squashes
squelches
stay
stifles
stills
stop
strikes
subdues
suppresses
surrenders
take back
takes apart
takes down
tears down
tell truth
terminate
unbars
unbolts
unchains
unfastens
unlatches
unlocks
unmix
unseals
veto
voids
works out
wrecks
yields

Meanings of makes

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 makes the best chocolate chip cookies I've ever tasted.
The artist makes beautiful sculptures from recycled materials.
Hard work and dedication makes a significant difference in achieving success.
He makes his own furniture, showcasing his woodworking skills.
This new software makes it easier to manage projects and collaborate with teams.

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