making

noun

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There are 2 syllables in the word making.

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mak · ing

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Definition of making:

making (noun):: the act or process of producing something; the act that results in something coming to be.; the act or process of forming, causing, doing, or coming into being

Synonyms for making:

assembly

cartography

composition

construction

creation

devising

fabrication

fashioning

film making

forging

manufacture

mapmaking

material

movie making

moviemaking

possibility

potential

potentiality

production

qualification

raw material

stuff

substance

timber

Antonyms for making:

abolishing

annihilation

bane

bulldozing

butchery

clearance

collapse

crashing

crushing

death

decimation

demolishing

demolishment

demolition

destruction

devastation

disintegrating

disintegration

dismantling

elimination

end

ending

eradication

extermination

extinction

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