Synonyms for Making for:

• adj.

  •reaching (adjective)
  • grasping,
  • Lunging,
  • stretching,
  • straining,
  • outstretching,
  • Extending,
  • touching.

• v.

  •amend (verb)
  • repair,
  • modify,
  • pay one's dues,
  • remedy,
  • square,
  • help,
  • better,
  • revise,
  • mend,
  • ameliorate,
  • rectify,
  • raise,
  • elevate,
  • make up for,
  • alter,
  • right,
  • reform,
  • fix,
  • change,
  • lift,
  • enhance.
  •apologize (verb)
  • bow to,
  • cop a plea,
  • retract,
  • offer compensation,
  • crawl,
  • ask pardon,
  • make up with,
  • excuse oneself,
  • cop out,
  • admit guilt,
  • make reparations,
  • make amends,
  • get down on knees,
  • offer excuse,
  • clear oneself,
  • confess,
  • ask forgiveness,
  • say one is sorry,
  • beg pardon,
  • give satisfaction,
  • withdraw,
  • purge,
  • atone.
  •atone (verb)
  • redress,
  • pay,
  • take one's medicine,
  • redeem,
  • make redress,
  • expiate,
  • apologize,
  • set off,
  • outweigh,
  • answer,
  • recompense,
  • propitiate,
  • balance,
  • make reparation,
  • absolve,
  • do penance,
  • reconcile,
  • counterbalance,
  • appease,
  • offset,
  • correct.
  •balance (verb)
  • collate,
  • weigh,
  • tie,
  • neutralize,
  • match,
  • steady,
  • level,
  • cancel,
  • harmonize,
  • readjust,
  • equate,
  • accord,
  • attune,
  • poise,
  • equalize,
  • come out even,
  • parallel,
  • adjust,
  • come out,
  • set,
  • correspond,
  • counteract,
  • even,
  • stabilize,
  • oppose,
  • nullify,
  • pair off,
  • compensate.
  •cancel (verb)
  • invalidate,
  • repudiate,
  • recall,
  • put an end to,
  • counterpoise,
  • discharge,
  • ignore,
  • frustrate,
  • overthrow,
  • countercheck,
  • discard,
  • compensate for,
  • refute,
  • countermand,
  • render null and void,
  • suppress,
  • rule out,
  • abort,
  • annul,
  • vacate,
  • negate,
  • declare invalid,
  • rescind,
  • repeal,
  • revoke,
  • balance out,
  • recant,
  • render inert,
  • set aside,
  • abrogate,
  • void,
  • call off.
  •correct (verb)
  • make over,
  • reconstruct,
  • emend,
  • make right,
  • reorganize,
  • review,
  • fiddle with,
  • debug,
  • touch up,
  • set right,
  • do over,
  • cure,
  • improve,
  • retouch,
  • pick up,
  • edit,
  • go over,
  • put in order,
  • clean up,
  • fix up,
  • shape up,
  • launder,
  • doctor,
  • reclaim,
  • scrub,
  • get with it,
  • upgrade,
  • set straight,
  • amend,
  • remodel,
  • polish,
  • pay dues,
  • regulate,
  • clean up act,
  • turn around,
  • straighten out.
  •counterbalance (verb)
  • countervail,
  • atone for.
  •countervail (verb)
  • undo.
  •cover (verb)
  • make good,
  • insure,
  • substitute,
  • take over,
  • double for,
  • stand in for,
  • relieve,
  • take the rap for.
  •go (verb)
  • lam,
  • mosey,
  • abscond,
  • take a hike,
  • hie,
  • progress,
  • beat it,
  • quit,
  • exit,
  • leave,
  • travel,
  • skip out,
  • make a break for it,
  • vamoose,
  • near,
  • take a powder,
  • get lost,
  • run along,
  • wend,
  • journey,
  • fly,
  • split,
  • bug out,
  • get going,
  • take leave,
  • cruise,
  • get away,
  • pull out,
  • hit the road,
  • run away,
  • decamp,
  • escape,
  • pass,
  • take off,
  • move,
  • move out,
  • depart,
  • flee,
  • push on,
  • shove off,
  • get off,
  • make one's way,
  • hightail,
  • take flight,
  • make for,
  • fare,
  • push off,
  • retire,
  • light out,
  • approach.
  •offset (verb)
  • charge,
  • equal,
  • equipoise,
  • cancel out,
  • requite,
  • counterpose,
  • be equivalent,
  • allow for,
  • account.
  •outweigh (verb)
  • exceed,
  • outrival,
  • eclipse,
  • tip the scales,
  • take precedence,
  • surpass,
  • outbalance,
  • preponderate,
  • prevail,
  • outrun,
  • overcome,
  • excel,
  • overshadow,
  • predominate.
  •pay (verb)
  • reciprocate,
  • retaliate,
  • avenge oneself,
  • punish,
  • square things,
  • repay,
  • settle a score,
  • pay back,
  • get even.
  •plead (verb)
  • entreat,
  • implore,
  • appeal,
  • supplicate,
  • Importune,
  • pray,
  • ask,
  • solicit,
  • petition,
  • beseech,
  • entreaty,
  • crave.
  •produce (verb)
  • hatch,
  • bring about,
  • generate,
  • work up,
  • provoke,
  • result in,
  • engender,
  • secure,
  • give rise to,
  • beget,
  • occasion,
  • get up,
  • muster,
  • induce,
  • make,
  • draw on,
  • breed.
  •reciprocate (verb)
  • retort,
  • render,
  • respond,
  • vacillate,
  • tit for tat,
  • feel in return,
  • reply,
  • trade,
  • return the compliment,
  • barter,
  • swing,
  • serve out,
  • swap,
  • return,
  • share,
  • scratch one's back,
  • interchange.
  •recompense (verb)
  • put out,
  • retrieve,
  • recoup,
  • sweeten the pot,
  • take care of,
  • ante up,
  • overcompensate,
  • cough up,
  • indemnify,
  • grease,
  • satisfy,
  • spring for,
  • COMP,
  • remunerate,
  • recover,
  • reward,
  • do business,
  • reimburse,
  • swing for,
  • pay for.
  •rectify (verb)
  • straighten up,
  • dial back,
  • turn things around,
  • recalibrate,
  • put right.
  •redeem (verb)
  • keep,
  • defray,
  • acquit,
  • meet,
  • abide by,
  • adhere to,
  • rehabilitate,
  • restore,
  • save,
  • keep the faith,
  • perform,
  • carry out,
  • fulfill,
  • hold to,
  • reinstate.
  •redress (verb)
  • negative,
  • turn over new leaf,
  • ease,
  • even out,
  • vindicate,
  • make restitution.
  •refund (verb)
  • remit,
  • honor a claim,
  • give back,
  • relinquish,
  • settle,
  • make repayment.
  •reimburse (verb)
  • refund,
  • square up.
  •remedy (verb)
  • alleviate,
  • control,
  • aid,
  • clean up one's act,
  • set to rights,
  • treat,
  • attend,
  • solve,
  • soothe,
  • heal,
  • mitigate,
  • assuage,
  • palliate,
  • renew.
  •repair (verb)
  • rebuild,
  • overhaul,
  • patch up,
  • revamp,
  • renovate,
  • give a face-lift,
  • patch,
  • retread,
  • sew,
  • darn,
  • rejuvenate,
  • revive,
  • refurbish,
  • recondition,
  • refresh,
  • put back together,
  • do up.
  •repay (verb)
  • rebate,
  • award,
  • settle up.
  •right (verb)
  • straighten,
  • set upright,
  • do justice,
  • sort out,
  • go straight,
  • put in place.
  •tend (verb)
  • impel,
  • point,
  • be biased,
  • drift,
  • trend,
  • gravitate,
  • be prejudiced,
  • look,
  • serve to,
  • go,
  • move toward,
  • be inclined,
  • bend,
  • lean,
  • be liable,
  • be disposed,
  • bear,
  • be in the habit of,
  • have a tendency,
  • aim,
  • be conducive,
  • verge on,
  • turn,
  • dispose,
  • head,
  • incline,
  • favor,
  • be predisposed,
  • lead,
  • conduce,
  • influence,
  • contribute,
  • redound,
  • have an inclination.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • reaching,
  • feeling for.

Antonyms for Making for:

• v.

  • amend
    impair, hurt, worsen, upset, lower, reduce, destroy, break, mar, stop, injure, neglect, debase, decrease, remain, blemish, harm, drop, ruin, stay, ignore, depress, corrupt, subtract, lessen.
  • apologize
    defy.
  • atone
    disagree, spoil.
  • balance
    disproportion, help, aid, support, unbalance, lose, approve, overbalance, imbalance, assist, forfeit, differ.
  • cancel
    establish, permit, allow, uphold, validate, sanction, arrange, tip, ratify, emphasize, keep, encourage.
  • correct
    goof, maintain, blow, weaken, be permissive, pamper, blunder, pet, mistake, coddle, indulge, damage.
  • cover
    exclude, abandon, lay bare, uncover, disregard, reveal, leave alone, unwrap, lay out, forget.
  • go
    come, arrive, wait, mismatch, be born, face, enter, surrender, create, continue.
  • outweigh
    fail, fall behind.
  • pay
    earn, refuse.
  • plead
    decide, punish, sentence, reply, answer.
  • produce
    halt, result, act, consume, play, prevent.
  • reciprocate
    deny, question, take, request, ask.
  • recompense
    dissatisfy, deprive, penalize, seize.
  • redeem
    convict, miss, blame, condemn, hold, let go.
  • remedy
    aggravate, obstruct, hinder, block, get sick, intensify, increase.
  • repair
    wreck, decline, kill.
  • repay
    steal, extort, withhold.
  • right
    move, confuse, wrong.
  • tend
    dissuade, follow, shun, obey, dislike.