What are some opposite words for make-up?
Antonyms for make-upmake-up
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makeup, make-upnoun
an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
"he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"
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composition, war paint, makeup, physical composition, constitutionconstitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-upnoun
the way in which someone or something is composed
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theme, fundamental law, constitution, paper, physical composition, penning, composition, formation, organization, war paint, writing, composing, report, authorship, makeup, organic law, piece, organisation, piece of music, musical composition, typography, establishment, opusmakeup, make-up, war paintverb
cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
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composition, war paint, makeup, physical composition, constitutionconstitute, represent, make up, comprise, beverb
form or compose
"This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
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play, follow, embody, act, found, live, institute, even up, make up, compensate, fabricate, appoint, establish, equal, symbolize, even out, present, lay out, exist, make, pay, incorporate, typify, be, exemplify, form, cost, reconcile, stand for, correct, invent, consist, plant, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, defend, represent, stage, conciliate, comprise, patch up, nominate, even off, name, symbolise, interpret, cook up, correspond, personify, contain, constitute, map, pay off, settlemake upverb
devise or compose
"This designer makes up our Spring collections"
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conciliate, even off, pay, counterbalance, fabricate, represent, be, even out, settle, catch up with, manufacture, correct, pay off, even up, invent, compensate, make up, cook up, comprise, patch up, reconcile, make, constitutepay, pay off, make up, compensateverb
do or give something to somebody in return
"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
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even off, right, get, liquidate, make up, compensate, patch up, recompense, cover, fix, remunerate, even out, fabricate, pay back, make, be, redeem, ante up, reconcile, correct, invent, counterbalance, give, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, devote, pay up, represent, conciliate, comprise, even up, repair, yield, cook up, buy off, indemnify, redress, constitute, pay off, pay, settle, bearmake up, catch up withverb
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
"I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
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conciliate, even off, pay, counterbalance, fabricate, represent, be, overtake, even out, settle, catch up with, manufacture, correct, pay off, even up, invent, compensate, make up, cook up, comprise, patch up, reconcile, catch, make, constitutefabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, inventverb
make up something artificial or untrue
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conciliate, even off, excogitate, concoct, counterbalance, be, represent, comprise, pay, even out, settle, catch up with, manufacture, correct, pay off, devise, construct, even up, contrive, invent, compensate, make up, forge, cook up, fabricate, patch up, reconcile, formulate, make, constitutemake, make upverb
put in order or neaten
"make the bed"; "make up a room"
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wee-wee, take, micturate, bring in, catch up with, construct, draw, cook, have, piddle, hold, even out, even off, piss, constitute, do, reach, earn, make believe, reconcile, get to, shit, defecate, lay down, name, pass water, comprise, pay, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, stimulate, establish, be, realize, make up, compensate, correct, give, attain, pull in, urinate, induce, form, pee, patch up, make, fabricate, wee, ca-ca, get, prepare, hit, score, build, throw, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, even up, represent, take in, puddle, take a crap, cook up, clear, invent, produce, nominate, take a leak, pay off, cause, manufacture, settle, counterbalance, work, conciliate, fix, realise, stool, seducecompensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upverb
adjust for
"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
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chasten, even off, right, castigate, make up, compensate, neutralize, patch up, recompense, countervail, remunerate, even out, fabricate, counteract, make, decline, be, reconcile, oppose, correct, invent, adjust, pay, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, level, represent, even, rectify, discipline, comprise, even up, conciliate, repair, square up, cook up, flush, cover, chastise, redress, constitute, sort out, set, objurgate, jog, pay off, slump, settle, indemnifyreconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb
come to terms
"After some discussion we finally made up"
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accommodate, root, even off, appease, square up, placate, make up, compensate, patch up, mollify, nail down, gentle, resign, settle down, even out, fabricate, square off, gruntle, subside, make, pay, determine, be, patch, go under, go down, reconcile, fall, correct, invent, counterbalance, ensconce, sink, catch up with, manufacture, harmonise, steady down, get back, represent, adjudicate, assuage, conciliate, cook up, pacify, even up, comprise, decide, harmonize, take root, lenify, resolve, locate, descend, constitute, finalize, pay off, finalise, submit, settlemake upverb
apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
"She makes herself up every morning"
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conciliate, even off, pay, counterbalance, fabricate, represent, be, even out, settle, catch up with, manufacture, correct, pay off, even up, invent, compensate, make up, cook up, comprise, patch up, reconcile, make, constitute
How to use make-up in a sentence?
In many cases they literally make up sources. You know, ‘nine sources in the White House have said.’ There are no nine sources.
The real timeline is inconvenient for President Trump, so President Trump's pathetically trying to make up President Trump own.
The American Rescue Plan gave schools money to hire teachers and help students make up for lost learning, i urge every parent to make sure your school does just that.And we can all play a part – sign up to be a tutor or a mentor.
I'll let people make up their mind, there’s some funny ones. There’s some sad ones. There’s some serious ones.
No amount of justice will make up for the loss.
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