Synonyms of makes ends meet

makes ends meet

phrase

present tense third-person singular of make ends meet

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs

The couple's income was just enough to make ends meet each month.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copes
• does
• makes do
• makes shift
• gets by
• manages
• gets on
• makes out
• gets along
• survives
• fares
• shifts
• affords
• fends for oneself
• carries on
• scrapes (by or through)
• ekes out
• lasts
• contrives
• scrapes (out)
• scrounges
• squeezes
• wrings
• swings
• wrests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falls short
• fails
• collapses
• flounders
• declines
• slumps
• wanes
• fizzles
• gives up
• peters (out)