Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. sense
verb. ['ˈsɛns'] perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.
Synonyms
- perceive
- comprehend
Antonyms
- insignificance
- unimportance
- significant
Etymology
- sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
- sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Words that Rhyme with Make Sense
- misrepresents
- nondefense
- commonsense
- suspense
- pretense
- expense
- dispense
- condense
- intense
- incense
- defense
- defence
- commence
- whence
- spens
- spence
- offense
- immense
- ferenc
- thence
- tense
- pense
- pence
- hense
- hence
- fence
- dense
- cents
- bence
2. sense
noun. ['ˈsɛns'] a general conscious awareness.
Synonyms
- sense of responsibility
- sense of direction
- knowingness
- consciousness
- awareness
- cognisance
Antonyms
- inanimateness
- insentience
- effector
- sensitizing
Etymology
- sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
- sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. sense
noun. ['ˈsɛns'] the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
Synonyms
- import
- acceptation
- meaning
- word meaning
- signified
- signification
- word sense
Antonyms
- judgment in personam
- judiciousness
- injudiciousness
- approval
Etymology
- sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
- sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. sense
noun. ['ˈsɛns'] the faculty through which the external world is apprehended.
Synonyms
- sentiency
- module
- sensibility
- sensitiveness
- sentience
- sense modality
- mental faculty
- sensory faculty
- sensory system
- modality
- sensitivity
- faculty
Antonyms
- unperceptiveness
- insensitiveness
- sentient
- insentient
Etymology
- sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
- sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] engage in.
Synonyms
- exaggerate
- overdo
Antonyms
- wake
- fall asleep
- tall
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] give certain properties to something.
Synonyms
- have
- leave
- alter
- modify
- render
- change
- get
Antonyms
- encumbered
- undiscerning
- gross
- qualified
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] make or cause to be or to become.
Synonyms
- establish
- clear
- create from raw material
- institute
- start
- make for
- beat
- beget
- elicit
- choreograph
- organise
- enkindle
- create mentally
- substantiate
- offset
- bring forth
- reproduce
- bring about
- play
- direct
- derive
- distil
- tack together
- set up
- multiply
- suds
- raise
- blast
- prepare
- produce
- create from raw stuff
- fire
- invoke
- recreate
- regenerate
- father
- generate
- sire
- provoke
- give rise
- distill
- form
- conjure
- actualize
- write
- create
- manufacture
- scrape
- stir
- put on
- puncture
- bring up
- copy
- track
- originate
- wreak
- call forth
- turn in
- actualise
- conjure up
- put together
- give
- lay down
- tack
- twine
- put forward
- mother
- arouse
- educe
- short
- style
- extract
- spume
- incorporate
- shell
- press
- yield
- cut
- strike
- realize
- kindle
- bring
- compose
- cleave
- film-make
- create verbally
- assemble
- initiate
- short-circuit
- piece
- organize
- re-create
- work
- froth
- turn out
- build
- bear
- evoke
- film
- call down
- grind
- get
- do
- chop
- engender
- realise
- create by mental act
- cause
- construct
Antonyms
- divide
- decrease
- fall
- lower
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
Synonyms
- shape
- facilitate
- propel
- incite
- spawn
- provoke
- initiate
- mold
- force
- pioneer
- prompt
- effectuate
- effect
- create
- impel
- move
- influence
- determine
- evoke
- motivate
- do
- set up
- regulate
- engender
- actuate
- breed
- cause
- call forth
- occasion
Antonyms
- de-energise
- de-energize
- dishearten
- discourage
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
Synonyms
- bring
- decide
- obligate
- oblige
- have
- suborn
- prompt
- induce
- instigate
- encourage
- get
- lead
- compel
- let
- inspire
- stimulate
- solicit
- cause
Antonyms
- inactiveness
- inaction
- undock
- indirect
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. make
verb. ['ˈmeɪk'] create or manufacture a man-made product.
Synonyms
- extrude
- proof
- generate
- custom-make
- bootleg
- laminate
- slap together
- underproduce
- churn out
- put out
- dummy up
- throw together
- render
- dummy
- create
- return
- turn out
- refashion
- burn
- reproduce
- clap up
- customise
- customize
- machine
- confect
- publish
- redo
- make over
- output
- smelt
- prefabricate
- overproduce
- cut
- squeeze out
- preassemble
- pulsate
- yield
- breed
- pulse
- elaborate
- produce
- clap together
- tailor-make
- fudge together
- remake
Antonyms
- descent
- worsen
- discharge
- begin
Etymology
- make (Middle English (1100-1500))
- makr (Old Norse)
- maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
- macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Example sentences of the word make-sense
1. Noun Phrase
Paying two employees who do the same work different pay based on one’s longer seniority might make sense, but still galls the lower-paid worker.