" make "

1: to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials;

  * e.g., " ... will you help me make the dough for the cookies? "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fabricate,

•  fashion,

•  form,

•  frame,

•  manufacture,

•  produce

•  Antonyms : 

•  demount,

•  disassemble,

•  dismantle,

•  dismember,

•  knock down,

•  strike,

•  take down,

•  tear down

2: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;

  * e.g., " ... we finally made it! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achieve,

•  attain,

•  bag,

•  chalk up,

•  clock (up),

•  gain,

•  hit,

•  log,

•  notch (up),

•  rack up,

•  ring up,

•  score,

•  win

•  Antonyms : 

•  repeal,

•  rescind,

•  revoke

3: to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind);

  * e.g., " ... the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beget,

•  breed,

•  bring,

•  bring about,

•  bring on,

•  catalyze,

•  cause,

•  create,

•  do,

•  draw on,

•  effect,

•  effectuate,

•  engender,

•  generate,

•  induce,

•  invoke,

•  occasion,

•  produce,

•  prompt,

•  result (in),

•  spawn,

•  translate (into),

•  work,

•  yield

•  Antonyms : 

•  forfeit,

•  lose

1: as in pick on;

•  Synonyms : 

•  pick on,

•  bait,

•  hassle,

•  haze,

•  heckle,

•  needle,

•  ride,

•  taunt,

•  tease

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in get out, get (away);

•  Synonyms : 

•  abscond,

•  clear out,

•  decamp,

•  elope,

•  escape,

•  get (away),

•  get out,

•  lam,

•  light out,

•  mizzle,

•  scarper,

•  scat,

•  scram,

•  skip (out),

•  skirr,

•  bolt,

•  break,

•  bug out,

•  flee,

•  fly,

•  hightail (it),

•  retreat,

•  run,

•  run away,

•  run off,

•  skedaddle

•  Antonyms : 

•  beard,

•  brave,

•  confront,

•  dare,

•  defy,

•  face,

•  abide,

•  dwell,

•  hang around,

•  linger,

•  remain,

•  stay,

•  stick around,

•  tarry

1: as in open, clear;

•  Synonyms : 

•  clear,

•  open,

•  unclog,

•  unplug,

•  unstop,

•  aid,

•  assist,

•  facilitate,

•  help,

•  free,

•  liberate,

•  release,

•  untie,

•  loosen,

•  smooth,

•  encourage,

•  further,

•  promote

•  Antonyms : 

•  clog,

•  cramp,

•  embarrass,

•  encumber,

•  fetter,

•  hamper,

•  handcuff,

•  handicap,

•  hinder,

•  hobble,

•  hog-tie,

•  hold back,

•  hold up,

•  impede,

•  inhibit,

•  interfere (with),

•  manacle,

•  obstruct,

•  shackle,

•  short-circuit,

•  stymie,

•  tie up,

•  trammel,

•  balk,

•  check,

•  constrain,

•  curb,

•  rein,

•  restrain,

•  bind,

•  chain,

•  halter,

•  leash,

•  tether,

•  tie

1: as in keep company, go steady;

•  Synonyms : 

•  go steady,

•  keep company,

•  court,

•  date

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in take ship;

•  Synonyms : 

•  take ship,

•  boat,

•  cruise,

•  ferry,

•  navigate,

•  sail,

•  ship (out),

•  voyage

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to meet one's day-to-day needs;

  * e.g., " ... we're not rich, but we're making out all right "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cope,

•  do,

•  fare,

•  get along,

•  get by,

•  get on,

•  manage,

•  shift

•  Antonyms : 

•  miss

2: to have a clear idea of;

  * e.g., " ... I can't quite make out what she is trying to say "

•  Synonyms : 

•  appreciate,

•  apprehend,

•  assimilate,

•  behold,

•  catch,

•  catch on (to),

•  cognize,

•  compass,

•  comprehend,

•  conceive,

•  cotton (to or on to),

•  decipher,

•  decode,

•  dig,

•  discern,

•  get,

•  grasp,

•  grok,

•  intuit,

•  know,

•  make,

•  perceive,

•  recognize,

•  register,

•  savvy,

•  see,

•  seize,

•  sense,

•  tumble (to),

•  twig,

•  understand

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to take on a false or deceptive appearance;

  * e.g., " ... he tried to make out that he didn't mind losing his job, but friends suspected he was desperately worried "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dissemble,

•  dissimulate,

•  let on,

•  pretend

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in backup, alternate;

•  Synonyms : 

•  alternate,

•  backup,

•  jackleg,

•  makeshift,

•  proxy,

•  stopgap,

•  substitute,

•  acting,

•  ad interim,

•  interim,

•  provisional,

•  provisionary,

•  provisory,

•  temporary

•  Antonyms : 

•  long-term,

•  permanent

1: not real and existing only in the imagination;

  * e.g., " ... zoomed around the house in a make-believe car "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chimerical,

•  fabulous,

•  fanciful,

•  fantasied,

•  fantastic,

•  fictional,

•  fictitious,

•  ideal,

•  imaginal,

•  imaginary,

•  imagined,

•  invented,

•  made-up,

•  mythical,

•  notional,

•  phantasmal,

•  phantasmic,

•  phantom,

•  pretend,

•  unreal,

•  visionary

•  Antonyms : 

•  actual,

•  existent,

•  existing,

•  real

1: as in pretense, likeness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  affectation,

•  demonstration,

•  display,

•  fiction,

•  image,

•  imitation,

•  imposture,

•  likeness,

•  pose,

•  pretense,

•  representation,

•  simulation,

•  hint,

•  implication,

•  insinuation,

•  resemblance,

•  suggestion,

•  cloak,

•  disguise,

•  exterior,

•  facade,

•  front,

•  gloss,

•  mask,

•  masquerade,

•  patina,

•  Potemkin village,

•  shape,

•  shell,

•  surface,

•  veneer,

•  air,

•  effect,

•  impression,

•  appearance,

•  face,

•  guise,

•  name,

•  outward,

•  seeming,

•  semblance,

•  show

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)