MAKING UP Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

making up

verb

Definition of making up next

present participle of make up

as in comprising

to be all the substance of the book is made up of 20 chapters

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as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project

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as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required"

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Recent Examples of making up The timing of the hearing, coming less than three weeks before the primary election, throws a spotlight on the scandal just as voters are making up their minds. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026 But since the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that number has grown to 63 districts, making up around 14% of the House. —

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026 So far this year through April 19, 29 of the city’s 201 shooting victims have been under 18 making up 14% of the victims, according to the NYPD. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026 Businesses run by women are beginning to dominate the state’s economy, making up 40% statewide. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026 San Francisco, for instance, now offers interest-free loans of up to $500,000 to first-time homebuyers making up to $218,200 annually. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Mar. 2026 These are the plants that are making up my diet during my winter in Florida. —

Robin Greenfield, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026 Black people account for 53% of the unhoused population, despite making up less than one-third of the city’s total population. —

Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 Barnes noted that the team's computer simulations were limited by the number and sizes of the particles making up the clouds of pebbles that went on to form planetesimals. —

Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026

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The bacterium started by producing an enzyme to break the polymer chain comprising the material into pieces.

— Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 19 May 2026
On May 5, Young posted on Neil Young Archives that the band had finished its second album, Second Song, comprising five new songs and two unheard ones from 1964.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026