Synonyms of made

made

verb

past tense of make

1

as in produced

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

will you help me make the dough for the cookies?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produced
• manufactured
• created
• constructed
• formed
• built
• assembled
• fashioned
• fabricated
• framed
• crafted
• organized
• shaped
• put together
• designed
• erected
• structured
• established
• molded
• invented
• made up
• forged
• originated
• instituted
• raised
• set up
• devised
• reared
• knocked out
• handcrafted
• threw up
• imagined
• put up
• envisaged
• conceived
• visualized
• concocted
• hewed
• contrived
• thought (up)
• prefabricated
• minted
• pictured
• cooked (up)
• remade
• patched (together)
• fathered
• refashioned
• cobbled (together or up)
• remanufactured

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• dismantled
• disassembled
• destroyed
• ruined
• flattened
• abolished
• wrecked
• broke up
• shattered
• demolished
• pulverized
• smashed
• eradicated
• extinguished
• took apart
• annihilated
• exterminated
• razed
• devastated
• exploded
• dismembered
• blew up

2

as in achieved

to obtain (as a goal) through effort

we finally made it!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achieved
• won
• attained
• gained
• obtained
• scored
• hit
• got
• garnered
• secured
• landed
• realized
• acquired
• captured
• logged
• procured
• carried
• drew
• rang up
• bagged
• tied
• chalked up
• racked up
• excelled
• matched
• clocked (up)
• met
• touched
• notched (up)
• approached
• topped
• equaled
• equalled
• surpassed
• rivalled
• rivaled
• amounted (to)
• outdid
• measured up (to)
• beat

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• missed
• failed (at)
• lost
• fell short (of)

3

as in created

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

the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• created
• brought
• caused
• generated
• prompted
• produced
• spawned
• wrought
• did
• worked
• yielded
• effected
• induced
• invoked
• occasioned
• brought about
• engendered
• brought on
• catalyzed
• brought forth
• introduced
• resulted (in)
• gave rise to
• effectuated
• bred
• encouraged
• translated (into)
• drew on
• begat
• inaugurated
• promoted
• founded
• initiated
• began
• begot
• launched
• established
• determined
• instituted
• decided
• pioneered
• developed
• started
• contributed (to)
• rendered
• forwarded
• enacted
• cultivated
• fostered
• set
• set up
• furthered
• conduced (to)
• nurtured
• turned out
• innovated
• fathered
• advanced
• nourished

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• limited
• restricted
• impeded
• checked
• crushed
• controlled
• suppressed
• quashed
• smothered
• stifled
• dampened
• put down
• subdued
• arrested
• restrained
• repressed
• inhibited
• killed
• retarded
• curbed
• squashed
• destroyed
• quelled
• squelched
• canned
• abolished
• stilled
• demolished
• clamped down (on)
• extinguished
• cracked down (on)
• liquidated
• quenched
• reined (in)
• snuffed (out)

4

as in accomplished

to carry through (as a process) to completion

one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accomplished
• achieved
• performed
• fulfilled
• executed
• did
• implemented
• committed
• carried out
• negotiated
• perpetrated
• completed
• realized
• finished
• prosecuted
• carried off
• pulled off
• put through
• went through
• effected
• brought off
• brought about
• practiced
• effectuated
• attained
• followed through (with)
• practised
• compassed
• repeated
• worked (at)
• ended
• nailed
• engaged (in)
• reenacted
• aced
• actualized
• wound up
• reduplicated
• winded up

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• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

5

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forced
• compelled
• coerced
• obliged
• obligated
• drove
• pressured
• impressed
• constrained
• impelled
• pressed
• dragooned
• sandbagged
• blackmailed
• intimidated
• muscled
• bullied
• blackjacked
• threatened
• cowed
• bulldozed
• twisted one's arm
• dragged
• hectored
• browbeat
• shamed
• terrorized
• badgered
• menaced
• harassed
• hounded
• high-pressured

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• allowed
• let
• permitted
• moved
• convinced
• induced
• argued
• satisfied
• won (over)
• persuaded
• talked (into)
• prevailed (on or upon)

6

as in estimated

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

I make that to be about six feet long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimated
• figured
• calculated
• supposed
• put
• guessed
• judged
• reckoned
• placed
• gauged
• called
• concluded
• understood
• conjectured
• gaged
• deduced
• inferred
• reasoned
• gathered
• extrapolated

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• measured
• computed
• calibrated
• scaled
• worked out

7

as in built

to form by putting together parts or materials

make a model airplane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• built
• constructed
• assembled
• created
• erected
• produced
• designed
• manufactured
• established
• fabricated
• pieced
• made up
• set up
• raised
• reared
• generated
• put together
• confected
• concocted
• put up
• shaped
• molded
• began
• fashioned
• rebuilt
• forged
• originated
• organized
• invented
• initiated
• instituted
• founded
• hammered
• devised
• constituted
• framed
• inaugurated
• reconstructed
• prefabricated
• imagined
• conceived
• handcrafted
• coined
• combined
• contrived
• carpentered
• reassembled
• fathered
• thought (up)
• innovated
• retrofitted
• cooked (up)
• retrofit
• threw up
• united
• reedified
• redeveloped
• rigged (up)
• jerry-built

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• struck
• dismantled
• destroyed
• ruined
• disassembled
• flattened
• took down
• knocked down
• wrecked
• demolished
• shattered
• pulverized
• smashed
• tore down
• levelled
• leveled
• dismembered
• pulled down
• razed
• devastated
• exploded
• divided
• demounted
• separated
• blew up
• detached
• disengaged
• ruinated
• disconnected
• disjoined
• disunited

8

as in seemed

to give the impression of being

the family made merry despite their financial worries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seemed
• looked
• felt
• sounded
• appeared
• acted
• came across (as)
• came off (as)
• resembled
• pretended
• suggested
• recalled
• implied
• hinted
• dissembled
• insinuated

9

as in headed

to go on a specified course or in a certain direction

the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headed
• bore
• pointed
• aimed
• turned
• put
• directed
• set out
• backed
• steered
• set off
• faced
• oriented
• reversed
• lit
• bent
• struck
• tacked
• inclined
• came about
• put out
• turned back
• lighted out
• took off
• veered
• beelined
• cut
• came round
• put about
• swerved
• wheeled
• about-faced
• yawed

10

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

the legislature failed to make any new laws last session

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enacted
• passed
• approved
• constituted
• laid down
• dictated
• ordained
• effected
• legislated
• authorized
• permitted
• ratified
• brought about
• proclaimed
• sanctioned
• allowed
• confirmed
• executed
• decreed
• reenacted
• administered
• repassed

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• revoked
• repealed
• rescinded
• cancelled
• killed
• canceled
• abolished
• reversed
• overturned
• nullified
• invalidated
• annulled
• abrogated
• voided

11

as in earned

to receive as return for effort

I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earned
• won
• got
• gained
• obtained
• reaped
• garnered
• landed
• realized
• secured
• procured
• attained
• acquired
• carried
• captured
• drew
• achieved
• brought in
• came by
• pulled down
• bagged
• knocked down
• accomplished
• scored
• netted
• accumulated
• occupied
• amassed
• cleared
• grossed
• caught
• remade
• annexed
• regained
• took over
• notched (up)
• picked up
• recaptured
• racked up
• reacquired
• reattained

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• lost
• paid
• gave
• granted
• forfeited
• accorded
• yielded
• surrendered
• gave up
• relinquished
• handed over
• parted (with)

12

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

what do you make of the latest information?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• recognized
• saw
• deciphered
• got
• comprehended
• appreciated
• grasped
• realized
• conceived
• perceived
• discerned
• sensed
• seized
• dug
• made out
• registered
• assimilated
• caught
• beheld
• intuited
• apprehended
• picked up on
• caught on (to)
• decoded
• tumbled (to)
• twigged
• savvied
• compassed
• grokked
• digested
• absorbed
• cottoned (to or on to)
• cognized
• took in
• penetrated
• fathomed
• pierced

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• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• mistook
• misread
• misconstrued
• misconceived
• misperceived
• misapprehended

13

as in shut

chiefly dialect to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening

make the gate when ye leave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shut
• closed
• locked
• sealed
• slammed
• steeked
• latched
• fastened
• secured
• chained
• bolted
• barred
• battened (down)
• clapped
• stoppered
• plugged
• banged
• clapt

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• opened
• unlocked
• unfastened
• unsealed
• unbolted
• unlatched
• unchained
• unbarred