making up

The phrase “making up” has 3 syllables: mak-ing up

It's pronounced as /ˈmeɪ.kɪŋ ʌp/

What is synonym and antonym for making up?

In the thesaurus, “making up” has 90 synonyms and 40 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for making up

ad-libbing
assembling
assembly
beginning
building
carpentering
coining
combining
coming up with
complementing
completing
composing
comprising
conceiving
concocting
confecting
constituting
constructing
contriving
creating
daydreaming
designing
devising
dreaming
drumming up
embodying
envisaging
envisioning
epitomizing
erecting
establishing
excogitating
extemporizing
fabricating
fantasizing
fashioning
fathering
forging
forming
founding
framing
generating
get-together
hammering
handcrafting
hatching
homecoming
imagining
improvising
inaugurating
incarnating
incorporating
initiating
innovating
instituting
integrating
inventing
jerry-building
making
manufacturing
materializing
molding
organizing
originating
personifying
picturing
piecing
prefabricating
producing
putting together
putting up
raising
rearing
reassembling
rebuilding
reconciliation
reconstructing
redeveloping
reedifying
retrofitting
reuniting
setting up
shaping
substantiating
supplementing
throwing up
trumping up
uniting
visioning
visualizing

Antonyms for making up

blowing up
cloning
copycatting
copying
demolishing
demounting
destroying
detaching
devastating
disassembling
disconnecting
disengaging
disjoining
dismantling
dismembering
disuniting
dividing
duplicating
exploding
flattening
imitating
knocking down
leveling
levelling
mimicking
pulling down
pulverizing
razing
reduplicating
replicating
reproducing
ruinating
ruining
separating
shattering
smashing
striking
taking down
tearing down
wrecking

Example Sentences

They were busy making up a story to explain their disappearance.
After the argument, she spent the evening making up for the hurtful things she had said.
The kids were making up games to play in the backyard.
He was making up for lost time by working late into the night.
She was known for making up funny songs to cheer up her friends.

On this page you'll find 130 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to making up, such as: ad-libbing, assembling, assembly, beginning, blowing up, building, carpentering.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.