'makeup' definitions:

Definition of 'makeup'

From: WordNet
noun
Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: makeup, make-up, war paint]
noun
An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later" [syn: makeup, make-up]
noun
The way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up]

Definition of 'makeup'

From: GCIDE
  • makeup \make"up`\, make-up \make"-up`\(m[=a]k"[u^]p`), n. 1.
  • 1. The way in which the parts of anything are put together. [1913 Webster]
  • The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. --L. F. Ward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative. [PJC]
  • 3. Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, {facial power}, or eye shadow. [PJC]
  • 4. The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor. [PJC]
  • 5. The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic. [PJC]
  • 6. An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday. [PJC]
  • 7. (Printing) The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page. [PJC]
  • 8. (Printing) The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'makeup'

From: Moby Thesaurus