Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Offset
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| choice | make choice | offset choice |
| game | make game | offset game |
| difference | make difference | offset difference |
Both words in one sentence
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Extensive flashbacks show him to be every bit as bad as he makes himself out to be, but instead of being despicable it is offset by his attempts to make things better in the present day.
Source: Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist -
Fortunately that's offset by their humanoid nature (allowing snipers to make called shots).
Source: Schizophrenic Difficulty -
As a rule, any of these factors will make something Black Magic; they can't be offset by the others being positively good.
Source: Black Magic
Cite this Source
Offset and Make. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/offset
Make & Offset. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/offset>.
Offset or Make. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/offset.
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