make up 1 of 2
verb
1
as in to comprise
to be all the substance of the book is made up of 20 chapters Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- comprise
- compose
- constitute
- form
- incarnate
- supplement
- flesh (out)
- complement
- personify
- integrate
- embody
- incorporate
- fill (out)
- epitomize
- complete
- materialize
- substantiate
2
as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project Synonyms & Similar Words
- devise
- concoct
- construct
- invent
- design
- come up with
- drum up
- trump up
- manufacture
- vamp (up)
- produce
- cook (up)
- hatch
- think (up)
- excogitate
- contrive
- dream
- imagine
- envision
- fabricate
- visualize
- conceive
- coin
- vision
- envisage
- daydream
- fantasize
- improvise
- extemporize
- picture
- ad-lib
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mimic
- reproduce
- imitate
- duplicate
- copy
- replicate
- clone
- reduplicate
- copycat
3
as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required" Synonyms & Similar Words
- build
- construct
- assemble
- make
- set up
- create
- put together
- found
- put up
- erect
- design
- piece
- rear
- establish
- manufacture
- fabricate
- produce
- raise
- generate
- reedify
- shape
- confect
- institute
- fashion
- begin
- father
- carpenter
- organize
- rebuild
- imagine
- frame
- mold
- throw up
- forge
- hammer
- innovate
- invent
- initiate
- devise
- originate
- inaugurate
- coin
- constitute
- concoct
- prefabricate
- reconstruct
- jerry-build
- conceive
- handcraft
- retrofit
- reassemble
- combine
- unite
- rig (up)
- contrive
- cook (up)
- think (up)
- redevelop
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- take down
- tear down
- knock down
- destroy
- pull down
- strike
- dismantle
- ruin
- disassemble
- dismember
- flatten
- blow up
- smash
- demolish
- level
- wreck
- pulverize
- shatter
- explode
- devastate
- raze
- ruinate
- demount
- divide
- detach
- disengage
- separate
- disconnect
- disjoin
- disunite
makeup
2 of 2noun
1
as in cosmetics
preparations intended to beautify the face she never left the house without applying her makeup and arranging her jewelry Synonyms & Similar Words
- cosmetics
- paint
- lipstick
- mascara
- maquillage
- war paint
- oil
- powder
- cream
- lotion
- camouflage
- greasepaint
- kohl
- rouge
- camo
- cold cream
- eye shadow
- vanishing cream
2
as in design
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged the makeup of the memorial is strikingly simple: a single massive globe signifying world unity Synonyms & Similar Words
- design
- layout
- composition
- format
- theme
- pattern
- getup
- arrangement
- configuration
- motif
- form
- constellation
- ordonnance