" make bold "

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