Synonyms for make-up
make-up

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   composition, war paint, makeup, physical composition, constitution

2. constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-upnoun

   the way in which someone or something is composed

   Synonyms:
   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, opus

3. makeup, make-up, war paintverb

   cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

   Synonyms:
   composition, war paint, makeup, physical composition, constitution

4. constitute, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, settle

5. make upverb

   devise or compose

   "This designer makes up our Spring collections"

   Synonyms:
   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

6. pay, pay off, make up, compensateverb

   do or give something to somebody in return

   "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

   Synonyms:
   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, bear

7. make 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?"

   Synonyms:
   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, constitute

8. fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, inventverb

   make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms:
   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, constitute

9. make, make upverb

   put in order or neaten

   "make the bed"; "make up a room"

   Synonyms:
   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, seduce

10. compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upverb

    adjust for

    "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

    Synonyms:
    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, indemnify

11. reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb

    come to terms

    "After some discussion we finally made up"

    Synonyms:
    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, settle

12. make upverb

    apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier

    "She makes herself up every morning"

    Synonyms:
    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

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1. List of paraphrases for "make-up":

   makeup, composition, membership

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1. Spokesperson Simon Kim:

   The culture was, even though you're sick you come in on Sunday. If you're so sick you can't come Sunday, you have to come on Monday or Tuesday -- you have to make up for the time.

2. Brad Knott:

   I don't think he's been here enough, spent a lot of time here. That's what it usually takes for most Iowans. They feel like they've got to see the people several times before they make up their mind. There's going to be a lot of changes between now and February.

3. David Letterman:

   USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75 of the population.

4. Corey Johnson:

   I want to apologize for that, and not make up excuses, and not sit here today and give you a list of reasons why. This moment is a reckoning. It's a reckoning for America, it's a reckoning for New York City.

5. Life President Kristen Day:

   Planned Parenthood really wants to target and silence pro-life democrats who make up a third of the Party. They bully and target pro-life Democrats into silence instead of dialogue. They do not represent Democratic principles that call for diversity and inclusion.