Textual thesaurus for "make up"

(verb) make

put in order or neaten

make the bed; make up a room

(verb) reconcile, settle, patch up, conciliate

come to terms

After some discussion we finally made up

(verb) cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture

make up something artificial or untrue

(verb) pay, pay off, compensate

do or give something to somebody in return

Does she pay you for the work you are doing?

(verb) catch up with

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?

(verb) comprise, be, represent, constitute

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

(verb) correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate

adjust for

engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance