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Synonyms for make-out

57 synonyms
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

have sex bed sleep together grope come play

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Spot — to send out

spot, make love, know, have sex, love, bed, sleep with, sleep together, grope, neck, copulate, lie with, tell, jazz, bang, pick out, find out, distinguish, bonk, have it away, mate, hump

2. Smooch — to embrace and kiss passionately

smooch, smouch US, snog informal UK, hug, lollygag rare US

3. Do it — to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse

do it, get it on, make it, cop a feel informal

4. Make do

make do informal, draw up, get by, do, get along, make, crack, cut, come, read, write out, deal, clear up, prove, spell out, fare, fill out, complete, issue, decipher, manage, contrive

Other

play, succeed, descry formal

Noun

touch-up, fill-in

Definitions

v. 1
To send out.
v. 2
To embrace and kiss passionately.
We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.
v. 3
To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.
v. 4
To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.

Related words

Other spellings: make out

Forms

Plural: make-outs → touch-ups, fill-ins…

Example sentences

bed There's nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed.
grope Santiago tried to grope Melissa's chest.
come I hope he'll be able to come! I'd like to see him.
play The time has come for you to play your trump card.

By length

2 letters: do¹
3 letters: cut¹, bed¹, hug¹
4 letters: know¹, make¹, love¹, come¹, play¹, tell¹, read¹, deal¹, spot¹, neck¹, mate¹, jazz¹, bang¹, fare¹
5 letters: issue², prove¹, crack¹, grope¹
6 letters: manage², smooch¹, descry², smouch
7 letters: succeed²
8 letters: complete², decipher³, copulate³, contrive², lollygag
11 letters: distinguish³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue² = 2 syllables).