making
Definitions
Noun
- The act that results in something coming to be
- An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
Verb
- Engage in
- Give certain properties to something
- Make or cause to be or to become
- Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- Create or manufacture a man-made product
- Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- Create by artistic means
- Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Create or design, often in a certain way
- To compose or represent:
- Reach a goal, e.g.,
- Be or be capable of being changed or made into
- Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- Perform or carry out
- Make by combining materials and parts
- Change from one form into another
- Act in a certain way so as to acquire
- Charge with a function; charge to be
- Achieve a point or goal
- Reach a destination, either real or abstract
- Institute, enact, or establish
- Carry out or commit
- Form by assembling individuals or constituents
- Organize or be responsible for
- Put in order or neaten
- Head into a specified direction
- Have a bowel movement
- Undergo fabrication or creation
- Be suitable for
- Add up to
- Amount to
- Constitute the essence of
- Appear to begin an activity
- Proceed along a path
- Reach in time
- Gather and light the materials for
- Prepare for eating by applying heat
- Induce to have sex
- Assure the success of
- Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- Consider as being
- Calculate as being
- Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- Favor the development of
- Develop into
- Behave in a certain way
- Eliminate urine
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "making".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | making | 2 | 255 |
| 2 | makings | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | lawmaking | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | decision-making | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | matchmaking | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | moneymaking | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | peacemaking | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | printmaking | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | remaking | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | basketmaking | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | bombmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | bookmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | dealmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | decisionmaking | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | dressmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | filmmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | glassmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | homemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | lovemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | moviemaking | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | papermaking | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | policymaking | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | rulemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | steelmaking | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "making".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meeting | 2 | 159 |
| 2 | meaning | 2 | 127 |
| 3 | moving | 2 | 114 |
| 4 | smiling | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | matching | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | missing | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | amazing | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | milling | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | emerging | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | mining | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | mailing | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | mating | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | smoking | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | mapping | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | omitting | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | merging | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | mocking | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | smelling | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | manning | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | mopping | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | imaging | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | matting | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | messing | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | mouthing | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | mucking | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | smoothing | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | amassing | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | emitting | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | madding | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | marring | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | massing | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | mooring | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | mulling | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | smashing | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | e-mailing | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | emailing | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | emmerling | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | empting | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | maiming | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | maring | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | maseng | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | mealing | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | mehling | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | mehring | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | meiring | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | meling | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | melling | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | menning | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | meshing | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | meyering | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | moaning | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | moehring | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | mohring | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | moping | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | moring | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | mugging | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | schmeling | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | schmiesing | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | schmoozing | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | shmoozing | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | smacking | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | smalling | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | smearing | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | smeeting | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | smirking | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | smoshing | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "making".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taking | 2 | 175 |
| 2 | marking | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | waking | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | mating | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | makings | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | markings | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | masking | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | remaking | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | makin | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | smacking | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | raking | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | meakin | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | matkin | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | markin | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | maring | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | mankin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | malkin | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | makin' | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | mackin | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | faking | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "making" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "making" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "making" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "making".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mekong | 2 | 3 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 52
Fragments: 24
Sound Alikes: 66
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 6
Words that Precede: 5
Statistically Associated: 8
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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