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make up

Definitions

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  • verb transitive to constitute; to compose; to form
  • verb transitive to compensate, fill in or catch up
  • verb transitive to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)
  • verb transitive, cooking to assemble, or mix
  • verb transitive to apply cosmetics or makeup
  • verb intransitive to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
  • verb To overcome a disadvantage

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synonyms (217)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accommodate
  2. accomplish
  3. accumulate
  4. ad-lib
  5. adjust
  6. agglomerate
  7. aggregate
  8. aggroup
  9. amass
  10. arrange
  11. assemble
  12. atone for
  13. balance
  14. batch
  15. beget
  16. blend
  17. breed
  18. brew
  19. bring forth
  20. bring into being
  21. bring to completion
  22. bring to fruition
  23. bring together
  24. build
  25. build up
  26. bulk
  27. bunch
  28. bunch together
  29. bunch up
  30. call into being
  31. cast
  32. close
  33. close with
  34. clump
  35. cluster
  36. coin
  37. collect
  38. colligate
  39. collocate
  40. combine
  41. come round
  42. come to terms
  43. come together
  44. compare
  45. compile
  46. complete
  47. compose
  48. compound
  49. comprise
  50. conceive
  51. conclude
  52. concoct
  53. conglomerate
  54. consist of
  55. constitute
  56. construct
  57. contrive
  58. cook up
  59. corral
  60. counterbalance
  61. counterfeit
  62. counterpoise
  63. countervail
  64. create
  65. cumulate
  66. dash off
  67. decoct
  68. design
  69. develop
  70. devise
  71. dig up
  72. discover
  73. do offhand
  74. draw together
  75. dream up
  76. dredge up
  77. drive together
  78. eke out
  79. elaborate
  80. embody
  81. engender
  82. enter into
  83. erect
  84. evolve
  85. extemporize
  86. extrude
  87. fabricate
  88. fake
  89. fantasize
  90. fashion
  91. fill in
  92. fill out
  93. fit
  94. fix
  95. fix up
  96. forge
  97. forgive and forget
  98. form
  99. formulate
  100. frame
  101. fudge
  102. fudge together
  103. fulfill
  104. fuse
  105. gather
  106. gather in
  107. gather together
  108. generate
  109. get
  110. get in
  111. get together
  112. get up
  113. give being to
  114. give rise to
  115. go into
  116. group
  117. hatch
  118. hatch up
  119. hoke up
  120. impose
  121. improvisate
  122. improvise
  123. incorporate
  124. indite
  125. interblend
  126. interfuse
  127. intermix
  128. invent
  129. join
  130. jury-rig
  131. justify
  132. juxtapose
  133. knock off
  134. lash up
  135. lump together
  136. make
  137. make do with
  138. make good
  139. make matters up
  140. manufacture
  141. mass
  142. match
  143. mature
  144. meld
  145. merge
  146. merge in
  147. mingle
  148. mint
  149. mix
  150. mobilize
  151. mold
  152. muster
  153. offset
  154. organize
  155. originate
  156. outweigh
  157. overrun
  158. pair
  159. partner
  160. patch together
  161. pi
  162. pi a form
  163. piece out
  164. piece together
  165. plan
  166. play by ear
  167. prefabricate
  168. prepare
  169. procreate
  170. produce
  171. put together
  172. put up
  173. raise
  174. rake up
  175. rally
  176. ready
  177. rear
  178. redeem
  179. refill
  180. replenish
  181. round out
  182. round up
  183. run up
  184. scrap the plan
  185. scrape together
  186. set
  187. set in print
  188. set off
  189. set up
  190. settle
  191. settle with
  192. shake hands
  193. shape
  194. spawn
  195. straighten out
  196. strike off
  197. strike out
  198. structure
  199. synthesize
  200. take up
  201. think out
  202. think up
  203. throw off
  204. throw together
  205. top off
  206. toss off
  207. toss out
  208. trump up
  209. unite in
  210. vamp
  211. vamp up
  212. whip in
  213. whip up
  214. whomp up
  215. wing it
  216. work out
  217. write

relateds (4)

relateds

  1. kiss and make up
  2. make it up as one goes along
  3. make it up to
  4. make up one's mind

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