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| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib*, blend, coin, combine, compose, compound, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, devise, dream up, fabricate, fashion, fix, formulate, frame, fuse, hatch, improvise, invent, join, knock off, make, meld, merge, mingle, mix, originate, prepare, pretend, put together, ready, whip up*, wing it*, write, fabulize, fake it, fictionalize, improv, play by ear, storify, trump up |
| Antonyms: | be real, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comprise, constitute |
| Synonyms: | complete, compose, consist, fill, form, furnish, include, make, meet, provide, supply |
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reconcile |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet*, compose, conciliate, counterbalance, counterpoise, mend, offset, outweigh, pacify, recompense, redeem, redress, requite, settle, come to terms, countervail, forgive and forget, make amends, make peace, set off, shake hands |
| Antonyms: | disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ad-lib |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improvise speech |
| Synonyms: | extemporize, invent, make up, speak extemporaneously, speak impromptu, speak off the cuff |
| Antonyms: | plan, prepare, rehearse, write |
| Main Entry: | beautify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, grace, improve, make up, ornament, trim, glamorize, prettify, set off |
| Antonyms: | disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characterize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | typify, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | brand, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peg, pigeonhole*, portray, represent, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, belong to, button down, individualize, individuate, peculiarize, personalize, signalize, singularize, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, invent |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, make up, make up off the top of one's head, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up |
| Antonyms: | forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concoct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
| Synonyms: | batch*, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, vamp, ad lib, prefab, slap together, throw together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cook up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise |
| Synonyms: | arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp |
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear*, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, vamp, whip up*, work out, dope out*, fake it, think up, throw together, trump up |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge*, garble, hide, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on an act*, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, whitewash*, cover up, doctor up, gloss over, make like, put on a false front, put on a front, put up a front, wear cheaters |
| Antonyms: | expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, conceive, concoct, cook up*, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker*, hatch*, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, sigh, sublimate, think, thirst, visualize, be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, build castles in air, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, search for pot of gold, stargaze, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dream up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concoct plan |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cook up*, create, devise, frame, hatch*, imagine, invent, make up, spin*, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build; establish |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, cock, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, found, frame, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, stand, throw up, cobble up, fit together, fudge together, knock together, prefabricate, run up, stand up, throw together, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | raze, topple |
| Main Entry: | extemporize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improvise |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, devise, invent, knock off*, make up, dash out, do offhand, improvisate, play by ear, toss off |
| Antonyms: | plan, prepare, read, rehearse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fib |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an undetailed lie |
| Synonyms: | concoct, equivocate, fabricate, falsify, invent, make up, palter, plant, prevaricate, promote, shovel*, create fiction, jive*, speak with forked tongue, stretch the truth, tell a little white lie, trump up |
| Antonyms: | be honest, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, specify systematically |
| Synonyms: | codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up*, dream up*, evolve, express, forge, frame, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, phrase, prepare, put, systematize, vamp, work, work out, give form to, particularize, set down* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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