makeup meaning

makeup as a noun

1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

   Synonyms: make-up, war paint

   Type of: cosmetic

   Kinds: blackface, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, eyeshadow, face powder, greasepaint, kohl, lip-gloss, lipstick, mascara, rouge

   Related forms: make up

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

   Synonyms: make-up

   Type of: event

   Related forms: make up

3. the way in which someone or something is composed

   Synonyms: constitution, composition, physical composition, make-up

   Type of: property

   Kinds: structure, phenotype, genotype, texture, karyotype

   Related forms: make up

makeup in a sentence

• Even when she's not wearing makeup, she's very beautiful.
• I don't like seeing young girls with heavy makeup.
• Has anybody ever said you wear too much makeup?
• Even without makeup, she's very cute.
• She sat at her dressing table while she did her makeup.

How to pronounce makeup

makeup is pronounced /ˈmeɪkʌp/ in British English and /ˈmeɪkʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with makeup

• breakup
• shakeup