making: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with M · ends with G
Meaning of making
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
Example: during the making of the movie
- countable, uncountable
Process of growth or development.
Example: As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
- countable, uncountable
Something that causes somebody's success or progress
Example: a book that was the making of his career
Listed forms: makings, makeing, makin, makkin, mekin, myekin.
Source: Wiktionary — making.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of make
Base or related entry: make.
Listed forms: makeing, makin, makkin, mekin, myekin.
Source: Wiktionary — making.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for making.
noun
the act that results in something coming to be
noun
an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is making in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of making
M(3) + A(1) + K(5) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of making
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from making
42 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in making. Showing up to 24, longest first.