making

The word “making” has 2 syllables: mak-ing.

It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪ.kɪŋ/.

What is synonym and antonym for making?

In the thesaurus, “making” has 65 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for making

accomplishing
achieving
appreciating
assembling
attaining
bringing
building
calculating
causing
closing
coercing
compelling
comprehending
constructing
creating
deciphering
doing
earning
enacting
estimating
executing
feeling
figuring
forcing
formulation
fulfilling
gaining
garnering
gauging
generating
getting
grasping
guessing
heading
implementing
judging
knowing
landing
locking
looking
manufacturing
material
obligating
obliging
obtaining
passing
performing
potential
potentiality
producing
prompting
putting
realizing
reaping
recognizing
securing
seeing
seeming
shutting
sounding
spawning
supposing
turning
understanding
winning

Antonyms for making

abolishing
according
allowing
canceling
cancelling
checking
controlling
crushing
demolishing
destroying
devastating
disassembling
dismantling
dismembering
failing
flattening
giving
granting
impeding
killing
knocking down
letting
leveling
levelling
limiting
losing
measuring
missing
moving
opening
paying
permitting
pulverizing
repealing
restricting
reversing
revoking
ruining
scaling
shattering
smashing
striking
suppressing
taking down
tearing down
wrecking

Meanings of making

noun

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
Process of growth or development.

verb

To create.
To behave, to act.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
To add up to, have a sum of.
(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
(usually stressed) To bring into success.
(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
(of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
(law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
To proceed (in a direction).
To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
To move at (a speed).
To appoint; to name.
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
To defecate or urinate.
To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
To form or formulate in the mind.
To perform a feat.
To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
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.
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
To be engaged or concerned in.
To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
To take the virginity of.
To have sexual intercourse with.

Example Sentences

Making a cake requires careful measurement of ingredients.
She is making a presentation for her upcoming project at work.
The artist spent hours making the sculpture from clay.
Making new friends can be challenging in a new city.
They are making plans for a vacation next summer.

On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to making, such as: abolishing, accomplishing, according, achieving, allowing, appreciating, assembling.

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