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.
This Word in the News:
Advantage Sabalenka or Rybakina? Making the case for the Indian Wells finalists
Mar 14, 2026 WTA Tennis
Mar 14, 2026 WTA Tennis
‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran
Mar 14, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 14, 2026 The Guardian
Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet
Mar 14, 2026 Scientific American
Mar 14, 2026 Scientific American
Sports leagues making it harder to watch games is reaching insulting level —with no end in sight
Mar 14, 2026 New York Post
Mar 14, 2026 New York Post

