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 90 synonyms and 58 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for makes

  • accomplishes
  • achieves
  • act
  • appreciates
  • assembles
  • attains
  • brings
  • builds
  • calculates
  • carry out
  • cause
  • causes
  • closes
  • coerces
  • collect
  • compels
  • compose
  • comprehends
  • conduct
  • constitutes
  • constructs
  • create
  • creates
  • deciphers
  • do
  • does
  • draw
  • drive
  • earns
  • enacts
  • establish
  • estimates
  • executes
  • feels
  • figures
  • force
  • forces
  • form
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • gains
  • garners
  • generate
  • generates
  • get
  • gets
  • go
  • grasps
  • guesses
  • head
  • heads
  • implements
  • invest
  • judges
  • knows
  • lands
  • looks
  • manufacture
  • manufactures
  • meet
  • move
  • obligates
  • obliges
  • obtains
  • organize
  • pass
  • passes
  • perform
  • performs
  • prepare
  • produce
  • produces
  • prompts
  • puts
  • reach
  • realizes
  • reaps
  • receive
  • recognizes
  • represent
  • require
  • seems
  • sees
  • shuts
  • start
  • supposes
  • think
  • turns
  • understands
  • wins

Antonyms for makes

  • abolishes
  • allows
  • break
  • breaks up
  • cancels
  • computes
  • demolishes
  • destroy
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • disarrange
  • disassembles
  • dismantles
  • dismembers
  • eradicates
  • explodes
  • fail
  • fails
  • flattens
  • forfeits
  • gives
  • halt
  • idle
  • impedes
  • invalidates
  • kills
  • knocks down
  • leave
  • lets
  • levels
  • limits
  • lose
  • loses
  • measures
  • miss
  • misses
  • neglect
  • opens
  • pays
  • permits
  • pulls down
  • pulverizes
  • repeals
  • restricts
  • revokes
  • ruin
  • ruins
  • scales
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • stay
  • stop
  • strikes
  • suppresses
  • takes down
  • tears down
  • unlocks
  • wrecks

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.

On this page you'll find 148 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to makes, such as: abolishes, accomplishes, achieves, act, allows, appreciates, assembles.

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Related Words

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accomplishes

  • achieve
  • achieves
  • attain
  • bring about
  • carry out
  • conclude
  • do
  • does
  • executes
  • finish
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • implements
  • makes
  • manage
  • perform
  • performs
  • produce
  • pull off
  • reach
  • realize
  • score
  • take care of
  • win

backup

  • alternate
  • bear out
  • coagulate
  • gel
  • harden
  • jam
  • makeshift
  • proxy
  • replacement
  • stopgap
  • substitute

bags

  • achieves
  • attains
  • bulges
  • bulk
  • catches
  • chunk
  • earns
  • equipment
  • extent
  • gains
  • garners
  • gear
  • gets
  • grabs
  • lands
  • leaves
  • load
  • lot
  • luggage
  • makes
  • measure
  • number
  • paraphernalia
  • pokes
  • pouches
  • protrudes
  • purses
  • reaps
  • sacks
  • scores
  • snatches
  • stands out
  • supply
  • ton
  • traps
  • volume
  • wins

calculates

  • adjust
  • anticipate
  • appraise
  • arranges
  • assesses
  • assume
  • charts
  • computes
  • consider
  • contemplates
  • count
  • counts
  • depend on
  • depends
  • designs
  • determine
  • estimates
  • figures
  • forecast
  • gauge
  • goes
  • guess
  • intends
  • looks
  • makes
  • means
  • measure
  • multiply
  • organizes
  • outlines
  • plans
  • plots
  • prepares
  • proposes
  • puts
  • reckon
  • relies
  • rely on
  • subtract
  • supposes
  • tally
  • weigh
  • work out

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