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makeup

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmeɪkʌp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪkʌp
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 K AH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An item's composition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • She is wearing a lot of makeup.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: maquillage

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Alternative form of make up (“(ambitransitive) to put makeup on (someone or something)”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make-up, war paint

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cosmetic

Narrower terms: blackface, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, eyeshadow, face powder, greasepaint, kohl, lip-gloss, lipstick, lip rouge, mascara, rouge, paint, blusher

8

noun

Meaning 8

the way in which someone or something is composed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: constitution, composition, physical composition, make-up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property

Narrower terms: structure, phenotype, genotype, genetic constitution, texture, grain, karyotype

9

noun

Meaning 9

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he missed the test and had to take a makeup
  • the two teams played a makeup one week later

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make-up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: event

History

Etymology

Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).

Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: tərkib — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Bulgarian: съста́в (sǎstáv) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Bulgarian: структу́ра (struktúra) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Dutch: samenstelling — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Esperanto: konsisto — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Estonian: koosseis — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Finnish: koostumus — an item's composition — see also composition
  • French: constitution — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Galician: composición — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: felépítés — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: elrendezés — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: összeállítás — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: szerkezet — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: struktúra — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: alkat — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: kikészítés — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Hungarian: tördelés — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Polish: skład — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Russian: соста́в (sostáv) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Russian: строе́ние (strojénije) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Russian: устро́йство (ustrójstvo) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Russian: укла́д (uklád) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Spanish: constitución — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Ukrainian: склад (sklad) — an item's composition — see also composition
  • Afrikaans: grimering — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: مَاكْيَاج (makyāj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: بُنْيَة (bunya) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: مستحضرات التجميل — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: مكياج (mikyāj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: مِكْياج (mikyāj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Arabic: مَيْكَپ (meikap) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Armenian: շպար (špar) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Armenian: գրիմ (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Armenian: մակիյաժ (makiyaž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Asturian: maquillaxe — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Azerbaijani: makiyaj — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Azerbaijani: qrim — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Belarusian: макія́ж (makijáž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Belarusian: грым (hrym) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Bengali: মেকআপ (mekap) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Bulgarian: грим (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Burmese: မိတ်ကပ် (mitkap) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Burmese: မျက်နှာခြယ် (myakhnahkrai) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Catalan: maquillatge — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 化妝 /化妆 (faa3 zong1) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Chinese: 化妝 /化妆 (hòa-chong) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化妝 /化妆 (huàzhuāng) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妝 /妆 (zhuāng) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Czech: makeup — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Czech: líčidla — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Danish: makeup — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Danish: sminke — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Dutch: schmink — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Dutch: make-up — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Esperanto: ŝminko — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Estonian: jumestus — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Estonian: meik — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Estonian: grimm — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Finnish: meikki — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Finnish: pakkeli — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Finnish: ehoste — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • French: maquillage — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Galician: maquillaxe — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Georgian: მაკიაჟი (maḳiaži) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • German: Schminke — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • German: Make-up — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Greek: μακιγιάζ (makigiáz) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Greek: μακιγιάρισμα (makigiárisma) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hebrew: אִפּוּר — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hebrew: איפור (ipúr) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hindi: शृंगार (śŕṅgār) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hindi: श्रृंगार सामग्री (śrŕṅgār sāmagrī) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hindi: मेक-अप (mek-ap) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hungarian: smink — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Icelandic: farði — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Icelandic: meik — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Ido: fardo — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Indonesian: riasan — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Indonesian: kosmetik — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Indonesian: makeup — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Irish: dreachadh — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Irish: smideadh — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Italian: trucco — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Japanese: 化粧 (keshō) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Japanese: メイク (meiku) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Japanese: メイクアップ (meikuappu) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Kazakh: макияж (makiäj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Kazakh: грим (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Khmer: គ្រឿងសំអាង (krɨəng sɑmʼaang) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Khmer: សម្ភារៈមុខ (sɑmphiərĕəʼmuk) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Korean: 화장 (hwajang) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Korean: 메이크업 (meikeueop) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Northern Kurdish: makyaj — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Kyrgyz: макияж (makiyaj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Kyrgyz: грим (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງສໍາອາງ (khư̄ang sam ʼāng) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Latin: offūcia — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Latvian: grims — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Latvian: meikaps — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Lithuanian: makiažas — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Lithuanian: grimas — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Macedonian: шминка (šminka) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Malay: solekan — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Malay: kosmetik — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Malay: mekap — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Māori: panipani — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Māori: whakanako — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Mongolian: нүүр будалт (nüür budalt) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sminke — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Pashto: سينګار (singār) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Iranian Persian: آرایِش (ârâyeš) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Iranian Persian: گِریم (gerim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Iranian Persian: ماکِیاژ (mâkiyâž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Polish: makijaż — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Portuguese: maquiagem — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Portuguese: maquilagem — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Portuguese: maquilhagem — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Romanian: machiaj — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Russian: макия́ж (makijáž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Russian: грим (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Russian: гримиро́вка (grimiróvka) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Serbo-Croatian: шми̑нка — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Serbo-Croatian: šmȋnka — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Slovak: mejkap — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Slovene: ličilo — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Spanish: maquillaje — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Spanish: afeite — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Spanish: potingue — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Swahili: kipodozi — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Swedish: smink — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Swedish: kosmetika — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Swedish: make-up — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Tajik: ороиш (oroyiš) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Tajik: грим (grim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Tajik: макияж (makiyaž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Thai: เครื่องสําอาง (krʉ̂ʉang-sǎm-aang) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Tibetan: མཛེས་སྤྱད (mdzes spyad) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Turkish: makyaj — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Turkmen: makiýaž — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Ukrainian: макія́ж (makijáž) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Ukrainian: грим (hrym) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Urdu: میک اَپ (mek ap) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Urdu: سِن٘گار (siṅgār) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Urdu: سِن٘گھار (siṅghār) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Uyghur: ماكىياج (makiyaj) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Uyghur: گىرىم (girim) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Uyghur: گىرىم قىلىش (girim qilish) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Uzbek: makiyaj — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Uzbek: grim — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Vietnamese: đồ trang điểm — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Welsh: colur — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Yiddish: קאָסמעטיק (kosmetik) — cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
  • Hungarian: utántöltés — manufacturing: replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up
  • Hungarian: pótlás — manufacturing: replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up
  • Hungarian: kiegészítés — manufacturing: replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up
  • Hungarian: feltöltés — manufacturing: replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up
  • Chinese Mandarin: 補考 /补考 (bǔkǎo) — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Hungarian: pótteszt — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Hungarian: pótdolgozat — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Hungarian: pótzárthelyi — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Portuguese: prova substitutiva — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Portuguese: prova de recuperação — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Portuguese: prova de segunda chamada — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Portuguese: segunda chamada — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Spanish: examen recuperatorio — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
  • Spanish: día recuperatorio — education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
Real reading context

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