Made up word synonym

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• adj.

  •

  • improvised,
  • ad libitum,
  • spontaneous,
  • according to pleasure,
  • as one thinks best,
  • made-up,
  • impromptu,
  • extemporaneous,
  • unprepared,
  • without restraint,
  • at will,
  • Extemporized,
  • off-the-cuff,
  • as one wishes,
  • extempore,
  • extemporize,
  • unrehearsed.

  • assumed (adjective)

  • imitation,
  • put-on,
  • affected,
  • pretended,
  • spurious,
  • feigned,
  • simulated.

  • counterfactual (adjective)

  • untruthful,
  • Truthless,
  • wrong.

  • made-up (adjective)

  • imaginary,
  • trumped-up,
  • unreal,
  • make-believe,
  • specious,
  • mythical,
  • untrue,
  • prepared,
  • fictional.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • fixed,
  • counterfactual,
  • made up,
  • trumped up,
  • repaired,
  • cooked-up.

  • trumped up (adjective)

  • deceitful,
  • fishy,
  • fictitious,
  • invented,
  • fraudulent,
  • cooked up,
  • unfounded,
  • unsound,
  • misleading,
  • phony,
  • Falsified,
  • Concocted,
  • dishonest,
  • fake,
  • lying,
  • incorrect,
  • bogus,
  • invalid,
  • framed.

• n.

  • built (noun)

  • Erected.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • artificial,
  • false,
  • fabricated,
  • Devised,
  • counterfeit,
  • sham.

• v.

  •

  • speak extemporaneously,
  • speak impromptu,
  • speak off the cuff,
  • make up.

  • beautify (verb)

  • dress up,
  • decorate,
  • bedeck,
  • prettify,
  • array,
  • gild,
  • ornament,
  • embellish,
  • deck,
  • grace,
  • adorn,
  • garnish,
  • enhance,
  • improve,
  • glamorize,
  • trim.

  • make up (verb)

  • supply,
  • compose,
  • fabricate,
  • redress,
  • hatch,
  • counterpoise,
  • construct,
  • prepare,
  • concoct,
  • originate,
  • pretend,
  • form,
  • cook up,
  • compound,
  • settle,
  • make,
  • fuse,
  • fashion,
  • balance,
  • mend,
  • meld,
  • meet,
  • conciliate,
  • coin,
  • invent,
  • contrive,
  • provide,
  • countervail,
  • make peace,
  • atone,
  • fill,
  • come to terms,
  • wing it,
  • IMPROV,
  • include,
  • mingle,
  • bury the hatchet,
  • outweigh,
  • accommodate,
  • redeem,
  • merge,
  • offset,
  • Fabulize,
  • consist,
  • make amends,
  • requite,
  • fictionalize,
  • mix,
  • blend,
  • fix,
  • devise,
  • formulate,
  • set off,
  • ready,
  • whip up,
  • frame,
  • complete,
  • recompense,
  • knock off,
  • join,
  • pacify,
  • ad-lib,
  • dream up,
  • play by ear,
  • Storify,
  • write,
  • shake hands,
  • furnish,
  • counterbalance,
  • forgive and forget,
  • fake it,
  • improvise,
  • trump up,
  • put together,
  • combine.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words:

  • loved up,
  • lipsalve,
  • BB cream.

How to use «Made up» in context?

narrowed down

Synonyms:

abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

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Synonyms of made-up

• adjective

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  as in fictitious
  

• verb

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  as in comprised
  

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  as in devised
  

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  as in built
  

• as in fictitious
• as in comprised
• as in devised
• as in built

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fabricated, false, fictional, imaginary, invented, make-believe, mythical, specious, trumped-up, unreal, untrue  

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