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14 : to be capable of developing or being fashioned into

15 : to reach as an end : ATTAIN; also : GAIN

16 : to start out : GO

17 : to have weight or effect

18 : to act so as to be or to seem to be <~ merry>

19 : to gain (as money) by working, trading, or dealing

— mak·er noun

— make believe

: PRETEND

— make do

: to manage with the means at hand

— make fun of

: RIDICULE, MOCK

— make good

1 : INDEMNIFY ; also : to carry out successfully

2 : SUCCEED

— make way

1 : to give room for passing, entering, or occupying

2 : to make progress

Synonyms

[1a] bring about, cause, create, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, produce, prompt, result, work, yield

[2a] fabricate, fashion, form, frame, manufacture, produce; also assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, structure, throw up; craft, handcraft; forge, mold, shape; prefabricate; create, invent, originate; establish, father, institute, organize; concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, imagine, think (up); conceive, envisage, picture, visualize; refashion, remake, remanufacture

[4] assemble, build, construct, erect, fabricate, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up—more at BUILD

[5] calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge, guess, judge, place, put, reckon, suppose—more at ESTIMATE

[10a] accomplish, achieve, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through, fulfill, perform—more at PERFORM

[11] coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure—more at FORCE

[19] acquire, attain, capture, carry, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, land, obtain, procure, realize, secure, win—more at EARN

2make noun 1 : the manner or style of construction; also : BRAND 3

2 : MAKEUP

3 : the action of manufacturing

— on the make

: in search of wealth, social status, or sexual adventure

1make–believe noun : a pretending that what is not real is real

2make–believe adjective : existing only in the imagination

make–do adjective : MAKESHIFT

make out verb 1 : to draw up in writing

2 : to find or grasp the meaning of

3 : to represent as being

4 : to pretend to be true

5 : DISCERN

6 : to meet one's needs : GET ALONG, FARE

7 : to engage in amorous kissing and caressing

Synonyms

[2] appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on, comprehend, get, grasp, make, perceive, see, seize, tumble, understand—more at COMPREHEND

[6] cope, do, fare, get along, manage, shift—more at GET ALONG

[7] kiss, pet

make over verb 1 : to transfer the title of (property)

2 : to make anew or in a different form

— make·over noun

Synonyms

[1] alienate, assign, cede, deed, transfer—more at TRANSFER

[2] alter, change, convert, modify, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary—more at CHANGE

1makeshift noun : a temporary expedient

2makeshift adjective : serving as a temporary expedient

make·up noun 1 : the way in which something is put together; also : physical, mental, and moral constitution

2 : cosmetics esp. for the face; also : materials (as wigs and cosmetics) used in making up

Synonyms

arrangement, composition, configuration, design, form, format, layout, pattern—more at COMPOSITION

make up verb 1 a : to form by fitting together or assembling

b : to form the substance of : COMPOSE

2 : to compensate for (as a deficiency or omission)

3 : SETTLE

4 : to devise by thinking : INVENT, IMPROVISE

5 : to become reconciled

6 : to put on makeup (as for a play)

Synonyms

[1b] compose, comprise, constitute, form—more at CONSTITUTE

usually make up for [2] annul, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, offset—more at OFFSET

[4] concoct, contrive, cook, devise, fabricate, improvise, invent, manufacture, think—more at INVENT

make–work noun : BUSYWORK

mak·ings noun plural :