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  1. make out

    Make is essentially causative; to the idea of cause all its various senses may be traced (compare synonyms for CAUSE). To make is to cause to exist, or to cause to exist in a certain form or in certain relations; the word thus includes the idea of create, as in Gen. i, 31, "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Make includes also the idea of compose, constitute; as, the parts make up the whole. Similarly, to cause a voluntary agent to do a certain act is to make him do it, or compel him to do it, compel fixing the attention more on the process, make on the accomplished fact. Compare COMPEL; DO; INFLUENCE; (make better) AMEND; (make haste) QUICKEN; (make known) ANNOUNCE; AVOW; CONFESS; (make prisoner) ARREST; (make up) ADD; (make void) CANCEL.

    See synonyms for ABOLISH; BREAK; DEMOLISH.

    Synonyms:
    become, bring about, bring into being, bring to pass, cause, compel, compose, constitute, constrain, construct, create, do, effect, establish, execute, fabricate, fashion, force, frame, get, make, make up, manufacture, occasion, perform, reach, render, require, shape

    Preposition:
    Make of, out of, or from certain materials, into a certain form, for a certain purpose or person; made with hands, by hand; made by a prisoner, with a jack-knife.

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  1. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

    detect with the senses

    "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

    Synonyms:
    discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blob

  2. write out, issue, make out, cutverb

    make out and issue

    "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

    Synonyms:
    discern, bang, shorten, cut off, ignore, screw, recognise, deal, grapple, distinguish, reduce, hack, make love, go forth, prune, do, jazz, geld, spot, roll in the hay, turn off, cut, be intimate, cut back, egress, write up, get along, turn out, release, pick out, slew, eff, switch off, bring out, make do, trim down, tell apart, contract, bed, do it, come out, trim back, rationalise, put out, have intercourse, rationalize, disregard, abridge, manage, have sex, publish, trend, neck, fill out, bring down, fill in, slue, thin, emerge, abbreviate, have it away, sleep with, cut down, come forth, burn, contend, issue, love, edit, hump, get laid, edit out, have it off, skip, sleep together, get by, foreshorten, dilute, write out, tailor, cope, curve, recognize, swerve, supply, bonk, know, thin out, snub, come, get it on, trim, sheer, complete, veer, fare, lie with, have a go at it

  3. make outverb

    comprehend

    "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, have sex, complete, spot, be intimate, screw, know, get along, get laid, make love, fill out, fare, cut, love, grapple, pick out, deal, neck, manage, contend, do, do it, eff, bonk, bed, have it off, write out, lie with, fill in, discern, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, bang, come, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, issue

  4. do, fare, make out, come, get alongverb

    proceed or get along

    "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

    Synonyms:
    suffice, discern, bang, have it away, progress, screw, recognise, coiffure, grapple, occur, get along, distinguish, total, act, make love, come on, add up, do, jazz, number, roll in the hay, descend, get along with, cut, be intimate, write out, arrange, practice, execute, pick out, behave, eff, practise, come along, make do, spot, coif, dress, deal, bed, do it, amount, serve, have intercourse, issue forth, manage, have sex, tell apart, set, shape up, neck, answer, fill out, derive, come in, fill in, make, come up, get, recognize, sleep with, coiffe, advance, perform, follow, contend, issue, love, hump, get laid, have it off, get on with, sleep together, get by, hail, cope, fall, arrive, bonk, exercise, know, come, get it on, complete, get on, cause, fare, lie with, have a go at it

  5. cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb

    come to terms with

    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

    Synonyms:
    wield, take, finagle, discern, bang, screw, vie, handle, recognise, deal, grapple, distinguish, debate, repugn, make love, divvy up, do, jazz, spot, roll in the hay, cut, escape, be intimate, get along, address, fight, lot, pick out, get out, portion out, eff, dole out, make do, compete, plow, bed, do it, consider, superintend, have intercourse, share, manage, struggle, tell apart, supervise, neck, apportion, contest, fill in, administer, treat, parcel out, sell, have it away, sleep with, bring off, dispense, get off, dish out, contend, come, issue, love, argue, hump, get laid, fence, negociate, get away, pull off, allot, have it off, get it on, oversee, sleep together, cover, get by, distribute, write out, carry on, carry off, cope, recognize, bonk, know, wangle, mete out, look at, postulate, have sex, complete, grip, care, fare, lie with, deal out, trade, shell out, have a go at it, conduct, fill out

  6. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

    Synonyms:
    spang, discern, bang, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, whop, grapple, get along, bop, distinguish, go to sleep, bash, make love, do, jazz, cheat, roll in the hay, sock, cut, be intimate, retire, pick out, live, eff, go to bed, bonk, recognize, spot, hunch over, slam, do it, chicane, have intercourse, hit the sack, manage, jockey, have sex, tell apart, complete, cognise, neck, whap, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, drive in, bed, have it away, sleep with, enjoy, sack out, hit the hay, contend, hunch forward, issue, love, hump, get laid, have it off, make do, sleep together, get by, write out, turn in, cope, crawl in, chouse, experience, know, come, get it on, kip down, shaft, fare, lie with, cognize, hunch

  7. neck, make outverb

    kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

    "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, have sex, complete, spot, be intimate, screw, know, get along, get laid, make love, fill out, fare, cut, love, grapple, pick out, deal, neck, manage, contend, do, do it, eff, bonk, bed, have it off, write out, lie with, fill in, discern, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, bang, come, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, issue

  8. complete, fill out, fill in, make outverb

    write all the required information onto a form

    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, fatten, dispatch, come, complete, spot, love, be intimate, cut, nail, fat, know, get along, write out, make love, fill out, flesh out, fare, have sex, plump out, plump, sub, grapple, pick out, eff, eke out, round, deal, do it, manage, contend, finish, pad, round out, do, bonk, bed, stand in, fatten out, lie with, fill in, discern, substitute, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, fatten up, bang, hump, screw, discharge, issue, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, neck, have it off, get laid, shade

  9. make outverb

    imply or suggest

    "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, have sex, complete, spot, be intimate, screw, know, get along, get laid, make love, fill out, fare, cut, love, grapple, pick out, deal, neck, manage, contend, do, do it, eff, bonk, bed, have it off, write out, lie with, fill in, discern, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, bang, come, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, issue

  10. make outverb

    try to establish

    "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, have sex, complete, spot, be intimate, screw, know, get along, get laid, make love, fill out, fare, cut, love, grapple, pick out, deal, neck, manage, contend, do, do it, eff, bonk, bed, have it off, write out, lie with, fill in, discern, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, bang, come, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, issue

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. make out

    Synonyms:
    (Active.) discover, ascertain, learn, determine, interpret, decipher, get a clear understanding of

  2. make out

    Synonyms:
    prove, establish

  3. make out

    Synonyms:
    prepare, draw up

  4. make out

    Synonyms:
    provide, furnish, supply

  5. make out

    Synonyms:
    (Neuter.) succeed, be able at last

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. make out

    Synonyms:
    decipher

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How to use make out in a sentence?

  1. Tony Illman:

    After much digging, we were able to make out the date, the coordinates, the ship’s name and direction of the voyage (Cardiff in Wales to Makassar in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia), it was clearly very exciting but we needed a lot more information. We wanted to know if what we had found was historically significant or a very inventive hoax.

  2. Teresa Ghilarducci:

    People with assets have slower long-term thinking because of their economic position, and at times like this, they make out like bandits.

  3. Freddie Roach:

    They're trying to make out like American Chris Algieri is the next Rocky, But this isn't a movie.

  4. Anthony Gilberthorpe:

    I have only met this accuser once and frankly cannot imagine why she is seeking to make out that Trump made sexual advances on her. Not only did he not do so (and I was present at all times) but it was she that was the one being flirtatious.

  5. Travis Scott/a:

    Any time I could make out, you know, anything that's going on, you know, I just stopped my show and, you know, helped them get the help they need.


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