MAKE WAY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

make way

verb

Definition of make way

as in to aid

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Posture is often more important than vitality, since deathblows can be activated even if an enemy has high health, but higher health also aids faster posture recovery, both for Wolf and his enemies.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Your mission is to aid the ongoing resistance, and the game offers significant freedom in how to approach mission objectives.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of aid

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Centcom forces have helped facilitate the transit of approximately 1,500 commercial vessels and 750 million barrels of crude oil over the past several months, Cooper said.

— Sam Meredith,Lim Hui Jie,Mike Sheen, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
And the announcement notably did not include secondary sanctions on the large Chinese banks that facilitate Beijing’s purchases from Iran.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of facilitate

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Having Maxx Crosby back on the field will help, but improvements need to be made if the Raiders want to be competitive.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The committee would eventually disband without an answer, despite the fact that Selig had helped engineer the sale of the team in 2005 to Lew Wolff, an old University of Wisconsin frat buddy, and John Fisher.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of help

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Behind Earl, who started at wide receiver and also played safety, North Chicago orchestrated a one-week turnaround for the ages, putting its 61-12 season-opening loss to Zion-Benton in the rearview mirror.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Gates officially open Monday, August 31, but just over half of the attendees will arrive earlier to build the big art installations and other features of the temporary city.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of open

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But the unstopping competition between the big two auction houses, especially in the realm of fine art, has put extraordinary power into the hands of the people who have those things to sell.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer.

— MONICA DAVEY and JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2016

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