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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: makeup, make-up, war paint]
2: 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]
3: the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1821 1. a. the way in which the parts or ingredients of something are put together ; composition b. physical, mental, and moral constitution 2. a. the operation of making up especially pages for printing b. design or layout of printed matter 3. a. (1) cosmetics used to color and beautify the face (2) a cosmetic applied to other parts of the body b. materials (as wigs and cosmetics) used in making up or in special costuming (as for a play) 4. replacement; specifically material added (as in a manufacturing process) to replace material that has been used up <makeup water> 5. something that makes up for a previous postponement, omission, failure, or deficiency <a makeup exam>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see make-up

Moby Thesaurus

Platonic form, Platonic idea, acknowledgments, aesthetic form, anatomy, animus, aptitude, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form, assemblage, assembly, back, back matter, bad copy, bad likeness, base, bastard title, bent, bias, bibliography, blackface, body-build, brand, build, building, buildup, camouflage, cast, catch line, catchword, character, characteristic, characteristics, clown white, cold cream, colophon, combination, compact, complexion, composition, compound, configuration, conformation, constituents, constitution, construction, contents, contents page, contrast, copyright page, cosmetics, costume, crasis, creation, cut, dedication, dharma, diathesis, difference, disguise, disparity, disposition, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, divergence, diversity, drugstore complexion, eccentricity, embodiment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, ethos, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, fabric, fabrication, face, fashion, fashioning, fiber, figuration, figure, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, forging, form, format, formation, foundation, foundation cream, frame, front matter, genius, genre, getup, grain, greasepaint, habit, half-title page, hand cream, hand lotion, head, hue, humor, humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impression, imprint, inclination, incommensurability, incomparability, incorporation, index, individualism, individuality, inner form, inscription, introduction, junction, kidney, kind, layout, leaf, leaning, lip rouge, lipstick, make, making, manufacture, mascara, matrix, mental set, mere caricature, mettle, mind, mind-set, mixture, modality, mode, model, mold, molding, mudpack, nail polish, nature, nonuniformity, organic structure, organism, organization, page, paint, pattern, patterning, personality, physique, piecing together, plan, poor imitation, powder, powder puff, practical piece, predilection, predisposition, preface, preference, preliminaries, proclivity, production, prop, propensity, property, prototype, puff, putting together, quality, recto, reverso, rouge, running title, set, setup, shape, shaping, signature, significant form, slant, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, structure, structuring, style, subtitle, suchness, syneresis, synthesis, system, table of contents, tail, talcum, talcum powder, tectonics, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, text, texture, theatrical makeup, tissue, title, title page, tone, trim size, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, type page, unlikeness, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity, vanishing cream, vanity case, vein, verso, war paint, warp, warp and woof, way, weave, web