make up - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for make up , a list of similar words for make up from our thesaurus that you can use

Verb

apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier

Synonyms

• make up

More generic

• groom
• neaten

More specific

• highlight
• lipstick
• powder
• rouge

Verb

put in order or neaten

Synonyms

• make
• make up

More generic

• clean up
• neaten
• square away
• straighten
• straighten out
• tidy
• tidy up

Related

• make

Verb

come to terms

Synonyms

• conciliate
• make up
• patch up
• reconcile
• settle

More generic

• agree
• concord
• concur
• hold

More specific

• appease
• make peace
• propitiate

Verb

concoct something artificial or untrue

Synonyms

• cook up
• fabricate
• invent
• make up
• manufacture

More generic

• concoct
• dream up
• hatch
• think of
• think up

More specific

• concoct
• confabulate
• mythologise
• mythologize
• spin
• trump up
• vamp
• vamp up

Verb

devise or compose

Synonyms

• make up

More generic

• design

Verb

do or give something to somebody in return

Synonyms

• compensate
• make up
• pay
• pay off

More generic

• settle

Verb

make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point

Synonyms

• catch up with
• make up

More generic

• recoup
• recover
• recuperate

Verb

form or compose

Synonyms

• be
• comprise
• constitute
• make up
• represent

More specific

• compose
• constitute
• fall into
• fall under
• form
• make
• pose
• present
• range
• straddle
• supplement

Verb

adjust for

Synonyms

• compensate
• correct
• counterbalance
• even off
• even out
• even up
• make up

More generic

• balance
• equilibrate
• equilibrise
• equilibrize

More specific

• carry
• compensate
• cover
• overcompensate

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