Synonyms:
| become, | constrain, | fabricate, | manufacture, |
| bring about, | construct, | fashion, | occasion, |
| bring into being, | create, | force, | perform, |
| bring to pass, | do, | frame, | reach, |
| cause, | effect, | get, | render, |
| compel, | establish, | make out, | require, |
| compose, | execute, | make up, | shape. |
| constitute, | |||
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].
Antonyms:
See synonyms for [ABOLISH]; [BREAK]; [DEMOLISH].
Prepositions:
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.