make

VERBNOUN /meɪk/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH M

make is a valid 4-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3A1K5E1
3 + 1 + 5 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does make mean?

VERB · 28 SENSES
1

Put in order or neaten.

“make the bed”

“make up a room”

SYNONYMS
2

Induce to have sex.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Head into a specified direction.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
4

Achieve a point or goal.

SYNONYMS
5

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.

“How much do you make a month in your new job?”

BROADER
6

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.

“She makes like an actress”

7

Proceed along a path.

“make one's way into the forest”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
8

Reach a goal.

“make the first team”

“She may not make the grade”

9

Organize or be responsible for.

“have, throw, or make a party”

BROADER
10

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.

“make a stir”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
12

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.

“make an estimate”

“What do you make of his remarks?”

SYNONYMS
13

Reach a destination, either real or abstract.

14

Engage in.

“make love, not war”

“make an effort”

SYNONYMS
15

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.

16

Prepare for eating by applying heat.

“can you make me an omelette?”

17

To compose or represent.

“This makes a fine introduction”

NARROWER
18

Make or cause to be or to become.

“make a mess in one's office”

SYNONYMS
RELATED
19

Create or manufacture a man-made product.

20

Act in a certain way so as to acquire.

“make friends”

“make enemies”

22

Add up to.

“four and four make eight”

23

Amount to.

“This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living”

BROADER
24

Appear to begin an activity.

25

Assure the success of.

“A good review by this critic will make your play!”

ANTONYMS
26

Behave in a certain way.

“make merry”

27

Be or be capable of being changed or made into.

“He makes a great host”

“He will make a fine father”

BROADER
28

Be suitable for.

“Wood makes good furniture”

BROADER
RELATED
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

The act of mixing cards haphazardly.

BROADER
2

A recognizable kind.

“what make of car is that?”

SYNONYMS
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of make

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