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on the make

ADJECTIVE
aspiring
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eager would-be
STRONG
endeavoring longing striving
WEAK
ambitious aspirant eager beaver enthusiastic impassioned wishful zealous
ADJECTIVE
vehement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
angry ardent emphatic enthusiastic fervent fierce forceful furious heated impassioned potent rabid violent zealous
WEAK
concentrated delirious desperate eager earnest exquisite fervid fiery forcible frantic hearty hopped up hot hyper impetuous inflamed intense lively powerful pronounced strong terrible vicious wild
Antonyms
STRONGEST
apathetic calm cool dispassionate gentle happy impotent indifferent ineffective lethargic meek mild moderate peaceful pleased unenthusiastic unexcited weak
WEAK
unpassionate
NOUN
machination
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conspiracy intrigue ploy ruse stratagem
STRONG
artifice cabal design device dodge practice scheme sellout skullduggery trick
WEAK
dirty work monkey business song and dance
Antonyms
STRONG
frankness honesty ignorance

Example Sentences

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Some Stellantis employees returning to headquarters full-time are getting a rude welcome: Parking tickets based on the make of their car.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Restall’s Columbus was a man on the make, a social climber who used his marriage in 1479 to Felipa Moniz, the daughter of a minor aristocrat, to further his standing.

From The Wall Street Journal

He can afford to pay more now, but would the 28-year-old Mitt still on the make have thought so?

From The Wall Street Journal

Melissa went on the make a second landfall in eastern Cuba still as a major hurricane and brought widespread damage and flooding.

From BBC

What they saw was a lonely old woman in need of a companion, and a cunning outsider on the make.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.