make

1. verb

1)

he makes models

Syn:

construct, build, assemble, put together, manufacture, produce, fabricate, create, form, fashion, model

Ant:

destroy

2)

I didn't want to go but she made me

Syn:

force, compel, coerce, press, drive, pressure, oblige, require; have someone do something, prevail on, dragoon, bludgeon, strong-arm, impel, constrain; informal railroad

3)

don't make such a noise

Syn:

cause, create, give rise to, produce, bring about, generate, engender, occasion, effect, set up, establish, institute, found, develop, originate; literary beget

4)

she made a little bow

Syn:

perform, execute, give, do, accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect

5)

they made him chairman

Syn:

appoint, designate, name, nominate, select, elect, vote in, install; induct, institute, invest, ordain

6)

he had made a will

Syn:

formulate, frame, draw up, devise, make out, prepare, compile, compose, put together; draft, write, pen

7)

I've made a mistake

Syn:

perpetrate, commit, be responsible for, be guilty of, be to blame for

8)

he's made a lot of money

Syn:

acquire, obtain, gain, get, realize, secure, win, earn; gross, net, clear; bring in, take (in), rake in

Ant:

lose

9)

he made dinner

Syn:

prepare, get ready, put together, concoct, cook, dish up, throw together, whip up, brew; informal fix

10)

we've got to make a decision

Syn:

reach, come to, settle on, determine on, conclude

11)

she made a short announcement

Syn:

utter, give, deliver, give voice to, enunciate, recite, pronounce

12)

the sofa makes a good bed

Syn:

be, act as, serve as, function as, constitute, do duty for

13)

he'll make the team

Syn:

gain a place in, get into, gain access to, enter; achieve, attain

14)

he just made his train

Syn:

catch, get, arrive/be in time for, arrive at, reach; get to

Ant:

miss

2. noun

1)

what make is the car?

Syn:

brand, marque, label

2)

a man of a different make from his brother

Syn:

character, nature, temperament, temper, disposition, kidney, mold, stamp

•

- make as if

- make as though

- make believe

- make do

- make for

- make it

- make love

- make off with

- make out

- make over

- make up

- make up for

- make up one's mind

- make way