Synonyms of make up

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

• comprise
• compose
• constitute
• form
• flesh (out)
• fill (out)
• integrate
• supplement
• incorporate
• embody
• complement
• incarnate
• personify
• complete
• materialize
• substantiate
• epitomize

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
• come up with
• think (up)
• design
• drum up
• cook (up)
• manufacture
• trump up
• produce
• vamp (up)
• hatch
• contrive
• excogitate
• fabricate
• imagine
• conceive
• dream
• envision
• coin
• visualize
• vision
• fantasize
• envisage
• daydream
• improvise
• picture
• extemporize
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduce
• imitate
• copy
• duplicate
• mimic
• 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
• create
• found
• set up
• erect
• put together
• put up
• establish
• fabricate
• piece
• design
• manufacture
• rear
• produce
• raise
• confect
• generate
• shape
• organize
• rebuild
• carpenter
• begin
• fashion
• think (up)
• mold
• imagine
• forge
• invent
• originate
• institute
• innovate
• initiate
• frame
• reedify
• concoct
• hammer
• inaugurate
• devise
• coin
• cook (up)
• constitute
• throw up
• father
• rig (up)
• reconstruct
• prefabricate
• conceive
• handcraft
• retrofit
• reassemble
• combine
• contrive
• jerry-build
• unite
• redevelop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• take down
• tear down
• strike
• knock down
• destroy
• pull down
• dismantle
• ruin
• disassemble
• dismember
• flatten
• smash
• level
• demolish
• wreck
• pulverize
• blow up
• shatter
• devastate
• explode
• raze
• ruinate
• demount
• divide
• detach
• disengage
• separate
• disconnect
• disjoin
• disunite

makeup

2 of 2

noun

ˈmāk-ˌəp 

1

as in paint

preparations intended to beautify the face

she never left the house without applying her makeup and arranging her jewelry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paint
• cosmetics
• lipstick
• mascara
• war paint
• maquillage
• oil
• cream
• powder
• camouflage
• greasepaint
• lotion
• camo
• rouge
• kohl
• eye shadow
• cold cream
• 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
• arrangement
• motif
• configuration
• getup
• form
• constellation
• ordonnance

Examples of make up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Black people made up sixty to seventy per cent of the population. —Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

Men make up more than 80% of America's armed forces. —Kate Murphy, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

Noun

When dealing with stains from butter, cooking oil, makeup like lipstick or mascara, and any other items with an oily or waxy base, use hot water for stain removal when possible. 3. —Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2024

Her makeup was simple and clean, allowing the dress to take center stage. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2024