'make do' definitions:

Definition of 'make do'

verb

Come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]

Synonyms of 'make do'

From: Moby Thesaurus

beget,
breed,
bring forth,
bring into being,
call into being,
change,
change for,
coin,
commute,
compound for,
conceive,
concoct,
contrive,
cook up,
cope,
design,
develop,
devise,
discover,
do with,
dream up,
dub in,
engender,
evolve,
exchange,
fabricate,
frame,
generate,
get along on,
get by on,
give being to,
give place to,
give rise to,
hatch,
improvise,
invent,
make do with,
make out,
make up,
make way for,
makeshift,
manage,
manage with,
mature,
mint,
offer in exchange,
originate,
plan,
procreate,
put up with,
redeem,
ring in,
shift with,
spawn,
strike out,
substitute,
switch,
take in exchange,
think out,
think up

Words containing 'make do'

Make,
Maked,
Making,
On the make,
To make as if,
To make at,
To make of,
To make off,
To make out,
To make over,
To make up,
To make up for,
To make up to,
To make up with,
To make with,
make as if,
make for,
make it,
make off,
make out,
make over,
make the most of,
make up,
make up to,
makings,
Glass making,
Leasing making,
Make and break,
Making-up,
To make a bed,
To make a book,
To make a card,
To make a choice of,
To make a circuit,
To make a face,
To make a fool of,
To make a lip,
To make a march,
To make a move,
To make a point,
To make a point of,
To make a stand,
To make account,
To make account of,
To make as though,
To make away,
To make away with,
To make believe,
To make bold,
To make book,
To make choice of,
To make conscience of,
To make dainty,
To make danger,
To make default,
To make fast,
To make free with,
To make friends with,
To make fun of,
To make game of,
To make good,
To make haste,
To make head,
To make head against,
To make it strange,
To make it tough,
To make it wise,
To make land,
To make light of,
To make little of,
To make love,
To make love to,
To make meat,
To make merry,
To make mischief,
To make money,
To make much of,
To make nice of,
To make no bones,
To make no difference,
To make no doubt,
To make no matter,
To make nothing of,
To make oath,
To make pourparty,
To make prize of,
To make ready,
To make room,
To make sail,
To make scruple,
To make shift,
To make ship,
To make sternway,
To make strange,
To make suit to,
To make sure,
To make terms,
To make the best of,
To make the cards,
To make the doors,
To make time,
To make up a face,
To make use of,
To make water,
To make way,
To make way with,
To make words,
To meddle and make,
decision making,
film making,
lace making,
make a deal,
make a face,
make a killing,
make a motion,
make a point,
make a point of,
make a show of,
make a stink,
make advances,
make allowance for,
make amends,
make an example of,
make an impression,
make believe,
make bold,
make clean,
make clear,
make full,
make fun,
make fun of,
make good,
make grow,
make happy,
make haste,
make hay,
make headway,
make known,
make light of,
make love,
make merry,
make money,
make no bones about,
make noise,
make nothing of,
make pass,
make peace,
make plain,
make possible,
make pure,
make relaxed,
make reparation,
make reparations,
make sense,
make sure,
make the grade,
make the scene,
make unnecessary,
make water,
make way,
make whoopie,
make-do,
make-up,
making known,
making love,
making water,
movie making,
photoplate making,
to make moot,
wine making,
Love-making,
Make-believe,
Make-game,
Make-peace,
Making-iron,
Mischief-making,
Money-making,
To make a clean breast,
To make a dead set,
To make a good board,
To make a matter of conscience,
To make bad weather,
To make both ends meet,
To make common cause with,
To make ducks and drakes,
To make fair weather,
To make foul water,
To make good weather,
To make one a compliment,
To make one's compliments to,
To make one's election,
To make one's hand,
To make one's law,
To make one's manners,
To make one's mark,
To make one's peace with,
To make one's way,
To make short boards,
To make the heart bleed,
To make up one's mind,
custom-make,
epoch-making,
film-make,
make a clean breast of,
make a federal case,
make ends meet,
make up one's mind,
make vibrant sounds,
make-belief,
make-work,
policy-making,
tailor-make,
To make a thing one's business,
To make one's self at home,
To make one's self scarce,
To make one's self strange,
To make one's self understood,
To make the face to shine upon,
non-profit-making,
slave-making ant,
nonprofit non-profit-making,
The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed