Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "make" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

apart break destroy take take apart undo unmake

Coordinate Terms

model

Derived Terms

Mackem bad facts make bad law beauty won't make the pot boil cannot make it clothes don't make the man clothes make the man demake doctors make the worst patients don't get your honey where you make your money don't make me laugh empty barrels make the most noise empty cans make the most noise empty vessels make the most noise empty vessels make the most sound enough to make a cat laugh enough to make the angels weep fine feathers make fine birds foremake good fences make good neighbors good fences make good neighbours handmake hard cases make bad law how the sausage is made if I may make so bold it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home it takes a heap of living to make a house a home it takes a lot of living to make a house a home it takes all kinds to make a world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes two to make a quarrel know how many beans make five lawmaking mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails mackly makable make a Virginia fence make a better door than a window make a big thing out of make a book make a break for it make a career of make a case make a case for make a cat laugh make a clean breast make a day of it make a deal make a decision make a dent make a difference make a dollar out of fifteen cents make a face make a federal case out of something make a fist of make a fool of make a fool out of make a fortune make a fuss make a go of make a good fist of make a habit of make a hash of make a joke of make a killing make a leg make a light make a lip make a living make a long arm make a mark make a meal of make a meal out of make a mistake make a mockery of make a monkey of make a monkey out of make a mountain out of a molehill make a move make a muscle make a name for oneself make a night of it make a noise in the world make a nuisance of oneself make a pass make a pig of oneself make a pig out of oneself make a pig's ear of make a pile make a play make a point make a production out of make a promise make a public spectacle of oneself make a rabbit bite a bulldog make a run for it make a scene make a show of oneself make a silk purse of a sow's ear make a spectacle of oneself make a splash make a stand make a statement make a stick for one's own back make a stink make a time make a virtue of necessity make a wish make a wrong turn at Albuquerque make after make against make all the difference make all the running make amends make an appearance make an ass of make an effort make an entrance make an errand make an example of make an exception make an exhibition of oneself make an honest woman make an honest woman out of make an impression make an offer make away make away with make baby Jesus cry make bank make beautiful music together make belief make believe make biscuits make bold make book make both ends meet make bricks without straw make bricks without straws make capital out of make certain make common cause make conscience make contact with make conversation make default make do make down make due make ends meet make every effort make eyes make faces make fair weather make fast make fetch happen make file make fish of one and flesh of another make fish of one and fowl of another make flexible make for make foul water make free of make free with make friendly make friends make fun of make game of make garden make good make good on make good one's running make good time make ground make happen make hard work of make haste make hay make hay while the sun shines make head against make head nor tail of make head or tail of make headway make heavy going of make heavy weather make heavy weather of make history make interesting make into make it make it count make it do or do without make it interesting make it make sense make it one's business make it one's life make it rain make it snappy make it so make it so that make known make land make landfall make lemonade make light of make light work of make like make like a baby and head out make like a banana and split make like a tree make like a tree and leave make little of make love make love to the camera make matters worse make me make mention make mention of make merry make mileage out of make mincemeat of make mincemeat out of make moan make mockery of make money make mouths make much make muffins make music make neither head nor tail of make news make nice make no bones about make no mistake make no odds make no secret of make noise make noises make nothing of make of make off make off with make old bones make one make one's bed make one's bed and lie in it make one's bones make one's bow make one's entrance make one's exit make one's hand make one's manners make one's mark make one's number make one's own make one's own luck make one's presence felt make one's toenails curl make one's toes curl make one's toilet make one's way make oneself at home make oneself clear make oneself scarce make or break make out make out like a bandit make out of make out with make over make peace make pigs and whistles of make pigs and whistles of something make position make pretend make quick work of make right make room make sail make semblant make sense make shift make ship make shit of make shit shake make short work of make some noise make someone hard to catch make someone's acquaintance make someone's blood boil make someone's day make someone's ears sad make someone's flesh crawl make someone's flesh creep make someone's hair curl make someone's hair stand on end make someone's head spin make someone's jaw drop make someone's skin crawl make someone's skin creep make someone's teeth itch make someone's toenails curl make someone's toes curl make something of make something of oneself make sport of make strange make streaks make strides make sure make terms make the angels blush make the bald man cry make the bed make the best of make the best of a bad bargain make the best of a bad job make the best of one's way make the case for make the cheese more binding make the cut make the difference make the dust fly make the feathers fly make the first move make the fur fly make the grade make the headlines make the most of make the news make the passes make the perfect the enemy of the good make the riffle make the road shorter make the rounds make the running make the weather make the welkin ring make the world go around make the world go round make the wrong turn at Albuquerque make things interesting make this world go around make this world go round make tick make time make time with make to order make to stock make tracks make tracks for make trial of make up make up to make use make vintage make water make waves make way make whole make whoopee make with make wudu make yourself at home make yourselves at home make-ahead make-and-break make-before-break make-believe make-debate make-fray make-hawk make-king make-or-break make-ready make-sport make-work makeability makeable makeaway makebate makedom makefast makegame makegood makeless makeline makepeace makeshift makespan makestrife makeweight many a mickle makes a muckle many hands make light work matchless matchmake meddle and make meddle nor make meddle or make mismake new-make newmake not make any bones about on the make one swallow does not a spring make one swallow does not make a spring one swallow does not make a summer one swallow doesn't a spring make one swallow doesn't a summer make one swallow doesn't make a spring one swallow doesn't make a summer overmake premake put the make on put two and two together and make five remake short accounts make long friends short reckonings make long friends stuff dreams are made of tailor make tailor-make the cowl does not make the monk time to make the donuts troublemaker two wrongs don't make a right two wrongs make a right unmake unmakeable upmake ve haf vays of making you talk wanton kittens make sober cats we all make mistakes what do you make the time what time do you make it you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs you make the bed you lie in you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette

Context

arithmetic basketball bridge can be stressed for emphasis or clarity computing construed with of dialectal euphemism euphemistic ireland military northern england now mostly physics religious scotland second object is adjective or participle second object is verb slang typically interrogative us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accomplish achieve acquire acquit act add up alter amount appear appoint approximate assemble assure attain be bear become behave board carry cause change charge clean up come commit comport comprise conduct consider constitute create create by mental act create from raw material create from raw stuff create mentally creation deport develop direct do egest eliminate ensure estimate excrete execute form gather gauge get get on get together grow guarantee guess have head induce insure judge kind look make up modify move neaten number pass perform perpetrate persuade play pull rack up reach reckon regard reordering represent score secure see seem sort square away stimulate straighten straighten out tally tidy tidy up total variety view

Type Of (IsA)

software

Manner Of

act amount assemble be become cause change constitute create from raw material develop estimate excrete guarantee look pass perform perpetrate reach see tidy total

Related Terms

make-koshi match

Related Terms

act action add up to appoint arrive assemble be bedclothes behave brand bring about build building building stuff car car model cause character circuit compel compose constitute construct construct something construction cover craft craft something create creating creating action creating something creating things creation declaration design destination develop disposition do doing earn effect enact establish fabricate feat force form formulate gain general general sense halfpenny identification identify indicate induct interpret kind made man mafia manufacture mate means means manufacture model move name neat nothing pay perform prepare present process produce promotion recognise seduction sense short stuff success suggest sum travelling trump utility virginity what write

Similar Terms

affect bring in build ca-ca catch catch up with clear cook crap create defecate dissemble do draw earn feign fix gain get have make up make water micturate net overtake pass water pee pee-pee piddle piss prepare pretend produce puddle pull in ready realise realize relieve oneself sack sack up seduce sham shit spend a penny stool take a crap take a leak take a shit take in urinate wee wee-wee work

Synonym Network

brand cause closing construct construction cook create do draw form gain have hold id induce lay lay down makeup making name origin produce production reach seduce shuffle stool take

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