Exact Match:
- eke out
- obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
- make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
- supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
- live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- scrape along
collapse - manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" related words >
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- come along,
- come on,
- contrive,
- cope,
- cut the mustard,
- eke out,
- engineer,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- go on,
- hack it,
- keep afloat,
- make ends meet,
- make it,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- put over,
- put through,
- subsist,
- succeed in,
- survive,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- worry along
- refill
collapse
- a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"
- a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" related words >
- accomplish,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- complete,
- eke out,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fulfill,
- give back,
- make good,
- make up,
- mature,
- piece out,
- place in,
- put back,
- reactivate,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recruit,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- reform,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- replace,
- replenish,
- restore,
- return,
- revest,
- round out,
- top off
- round out
collapse
- make bigger or better or more complete
- fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research" related words >
- accomplish,
- bag,
- balloon,
- belly,
- belly out,
- bilge,
- billow,
- bouge,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- bug,
- bulge,
- button up,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close out,
- close up,
- complete,
- conclude,
- cone,
- crown,
- culminate,
- dilate,
- distend,
- eke out,
- end,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fulfill,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- goggle,
- make good,
- make up,
- mature,
- mop up,
- perfect,
- piece out,
- pooch,
- pop,
- pouch,
- pout,
- refill,
- replenish,
- rotund,
- round,
- swell,
- swell out,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- wind up,
- wrap up
- cope
collapse
- come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" related words >
- apply to,
- blanket,
- block,
- canopy,
- challenge,
- cloak,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- come through,
- compete,
- compete with,
- contend against,
- contend with,
- cope with,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cowl,
- curtain,
- deal with,
- dispose of,
- do with,
- eclipse,
- eke out,
- emulate,
- film,
- get along,
- get along on,
- get by,
- get by on,
- handle,
- hood,
- jockey,
- keep afloat,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- make do,
- make ends meet,
- make out,
- makeshift,
- manage,
- manage with,
- mantle,
- mask,
- meet,
- muffle,
- obduce,
- obscure,
- occult,
- outvie,
- overlay,
- overspread,
- put on,
- rival,
- scrape along,
- screen,
- scum,
- shield,
- spread over,
- subsist,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- survive,
- test one another,
- veil,
- vie,
- vie with,
- withstand
- replenish
collapse
- fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" related words >
- accommodate,
- accomplish,
- afford,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- clothe,
- complete,
- contribute,
- donate,
- eke out,
- endow,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill up,
- find,
- fulfill,
- fund,
- furnish,
- give,
- give back,
- invest,
- keep,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make good,
- make provision for,
- make up,
- mature,
- piece out,
- place in,
- prepare,
- present,
- provide,
- provide for,
- put back,
- reactivate,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recruit,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- renew,
- replace,
- restore,
- return,
- revest,
- round out,
- stock,
- store,
- subsidize,
- supply,
- support,
- top off,
- yield
- abide,
- be,
- be alive,
- be animate,
- be extant,
- be found,
- be in existence,
- be left,
- be met with,
- be present,
- be the case,
- be there,
- bide,
- breathe,
- carry on,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- cope,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- draw breath,
- dwell,
- eke out,
- endure,
- exist,
- extend,
- fetch breath,
- get by,
- go on,
- happen to be,
- have being,
- have life,
- have place,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep on,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- live,
- live and breathe,
- live on,
- live through,
- maintain,
- make ends meet,
- make out,
- manage,
- move,
- obtain,
- occur,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- persist,
- prevail,
- remain,
- respire,
- rest,
- run,
- run on,
- scrape along,
- stand,
- stay,
- stay on,
- survive,
- sustain,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- walk the earth,
- wear,
- wear well
- survive
collapse
- continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" related words >
- abide,
- be left,
- be spared,
- bide,
- bounce back,
- carry on,
- carry through,
- cheat death,
- come around,
- come back,
- come round,
- come through,
- come to,
- come up smiling,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- cope,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- dwell,
- eke out,
- endure,
- exist,
- extend,
- get about,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- get over,
- get well,
- go on,
- go on with,
- hang in,
- hang on,
- hang tough,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep alive,
- keep at it,
- keep on,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- live,
- live down,
- live on,
- live through,
- maintain,
- make a comeback,
- make ends meet,
- make it,
- make out,
- manage,
- never say die,
- outlast,
- outlive,
- outwear,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- persevere,
- persist,
- prevail,
- pull round,
- pull through,
- rally,
- recover,
- remain,
- rest,
- revive,
- ride out,
- run,
- run on,
- scrape along,
- see it through,
- stand,
- stay,
- stay on,
- stick it out,
- stick to it,
- subsist,
- support life,
- sustain,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- wear,
- wear well,
- weather the storm
- top off
collapse
- fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup" related words >
- accomplish,
- brim,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- bunker,
- button up,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- cater,
- charge,
- chock,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close out,
- close up,
- coal,
- complete,
- conclude,
- congest,
- consummate,
- cram,
- crest,
- crowd,
- crown,
- culminate,
- detonate,
- eke out,
- end,
- explode,
- feed,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill to overflowing,
- fill up,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- forage,
- freight,
- frost,
- fuel,
- fuel up,
- fulfill,
- fulminate,
- gas,
- gas up,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- head,
- ice,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- lade,
- load,
- make good,
- make up,
- mature,
- mop up,
- oil,
- outtop,
- overarch,
- overfill,
- overtop,
- pack,
- pad,
- peak,
- perfect,
- piece out,
- provender,
- provision,
- purvey,
- ram in,
- refill,
- refuel,
- replenish,
- round out,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- sell,
- stoke,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- surfeit,
- surmount,
- terminate,
- tip,
- top,
- top out,
- victual,
- wad,
- weight,
- wind up,
- wrap up
- get by
collapse
- pass or move in front of; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race" related words >
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- answer,
- avail,
- be equal to,
- be missed,
- be so,
- be such,
- bear,
- bring off,
- bring through,
- carry off,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- come along,
- come on,
- come out,
- come through,
- compass,
- contrive,
- cop a plea,
- cop out,
- cope,
- crown with success,
- cut the mustard,
- do,
- do it,
- do the trick,
- do with,
- eke out,
- engineer,
- escape attention,
- escape notice,
- escape one,
- escape without penalty,
- fare,
- fill the bill,
- fulfill,
- get along,
- get along on,
- get away with,
- get by on,
- get off,
- get off cheap,
- get on,
- go along,
- go around,
- go at liberty,
- go free,
- go on,
- go scot free,
- hack it,
- hold,
- hold up,
- just do,
- keep afloat,
- make do,
- make ends meet,
- make it,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- makeshift,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- manage with,
- meet,
- meet requirements,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- not register,
- pass,
- pass muster,
- pull off,
- put across,
- put over,
- put through,
- qualify,
- reach,
- satisfy,
- scrape along,
- serve,
- serve the purpose,
- shape up,
- stack up,
- stagger,
- stand,
- stand the test,
- stand up,
- stretch,
- subsist,
- succeed in,
- suffice,
- survive,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take it,
- turn out,
- turn the trick,
- win freedom,
- work,
- worry along
- fill in
collapse
- supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments" related words >
- accomplish,
- acquaint,
- act for,
- admit,
- advise,
- alternate,
- apprise,
- assimilate,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- change places with,
- clue,
- complete,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- contain,
- count in,
- cover,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- displace,
- do a hitch,
- do a stint,
- do a tour,
- do time,
- double for,
- eke out,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enlist,
- envisage,
- fill,
- fill in for,
- fill out,
- fill up,
- fulfill,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- have a go,
- have tenure,
- hold,
- hold office,
- include,
- incorporate,
- insert,
- insinuate,
- intercalate,
- interject,
- interpolate,
- interpose,
- keep a watch,
- locum tenens,
- make good,
- make up,
- mature,
- notify,
- number among,
- occupy,
- piece out,
- pinch,
- pinch-hit,
- post,
- re-up,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- reenlist,
- refill,
- relieve,
- replace,
- replenish,
- represent,
- round out,
- serve time,
- shallow,
- shoal,
- sign up,
- silt up,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- subrogate,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- supersede,
- supplant,
- surrogate,
- swap places with,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take turns,
- take up,
- tell,
- throw in,
- time off,
- top off,
- understudy for,
- warn
- abide by,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- act up to,
- adhere to,
- administer,
- answer,
- attain,
- attend to,
- avail,
- be equal to,
- be faithful to,
- bear,
- bring off,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- carry into effect,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- come through,
- compass,
- complete,
- comply with,
- conform to,
- consummate,
- deal with,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do it,
- do justice to,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- eke out,
- enact,
- enforce,
- execute,
- fetch,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill the bill,
- follow,
- get by,
- get through,
- go around,
- go through,
- hack it,
- heed,
- hold,
- hold by,
- honor,
- implement,
- just do,
- keep,
- keep faith with,
- knock off,
- live up to,
- make,
- make good,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- make up,
- manage,
- mature,
- meet,
- meet requirements,
- observe,
- pass,
- pass muster,
- perform,
- piece out,
- polish off,
- produce,
- promulgate,
- prosecute,
- put away,
- put in force,
- put in practice,
- put into effect,
- put into practice,
- put through,
- qualify,
- reach,
- realize,
- refill,
- regard,
- render,
- replenish,
- respect,
- round out,
- satisfy,
- serve,
- serve the purpose,
- stand,
- stand up,
- stretch,
- succeed,
- suffice,
- take care of,
- take it,
- top off,
- transact,
- translate into action,
- turn the trick,
- work,
- work out
- achieve,
- act,
- approach,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- attain,
- attain to,
- be productive,
- be received,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- bring about,
- bring into being,
- bring off,
- bring through,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- bring to pass,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cause,
- check in,
- clock in,
- come,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- commit,
- compass,
- complete,
- conclude,
- conduct,
- consummate,
- cope with,
- crown with success,
- cut,
- deal with,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- do to,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- eke out,
- enact,
- end,
- engineer,
- execute,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- find,
- finish,
- fulfill,
- gain,
- get by,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- go and do,
- hack,
- handle,
- hit,
- hit town,
- industrialize,
- inflict,
- knock off,
- make,
- make good,
- make it,
- make up,
- manage,
- mass-produce,
- mature,
- overproduce,
- pay,
- perform,
- perpetrate,
- piece out,
- polish off,
- pop up,
- produce,
- pull in,
- pull off,
- punch in,
- put across,
- put away,
- put over,
- put through,
- reach,
- realize,
- refill,
- render,
- replenish,
- ring in,
- roll in,
- round out,
- score,
- show up,
- sign in,
- succeed,
- swing,
- take and do,
- take care of,
- time in,
- top off,
- transact,
- turn the trick,
- turn up,
- up and do,
- volume-produce,
- win,
- wind up,
- work,
- work out,
- wreak
- make good
collapse
- act as promised; "make good on promises" related words >
- abide by,
- accomplish,
- achieve success,
- act up to,
- adhere to,
- advance,
- afford proof of,
- amend,
- arrive,
- ascertain,
- atone,
- atone for,
- attend to,
- be a success,
- be faithful to,
- break through,
- bring home to,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- cinch,
- clinch,
- coin money,
- come into money,
- come on,
- come through,
- compensate,
- complete,
- comply with,
- conform to,
- correct,
- cover,
- cut a swath,
- demonstrate,
- determine,
- do justice to,
- do penance,
- eke out,
- emend,
- establish,
- expiate,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill up,
- fix,
- follow,
- follow from,
- fulfill,
- get ahead,
- get on,
- get rich,
- get there,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- go far,
- go places,
- grow rich,
- have a case,
- have it made,
- heed,
- hold by,
- hold good,
- hold water,
- indemnify,
- keep,
- keep faith,
- keep faith with,
- keep troth,
- kick back,
- live down,
- live up to,
- make a breakthrough,
- make a fortune,
- make a success,
- make all square,
- make amends,
- make compensation,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make matters up,
- make money,
- make out,
- make reparation,
- make restitution,
- make right,
- make the scene,
- make up,
- make up for,
- make up to,
- mature,
- meet,
- meet an obligation,
- nail down,
- not fail,
- observe,
- pay back,
- pay damages,
- pay in kind,
- pay reparations,
- pay the forfeit,
- pay the penalty,
- piece out,
- progress,
- propitiate,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- prove true,
- put right,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- quit,
- recompense,
- recoup,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- redress,
- refill,
- refund,
- regard,
- reimburse,
- remedy,
- remove all doubt,
- remunerate,
- repair,
- repay,
- replenish,
- requite,
- respect,
- retaliate,
- right,
- rise,
- round out,
- satisfy,
- set at rest,
- set right,
- set straight,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- settle,
- settle the matter,
- show,
- square,
- square it,
- square things,
- stand up to,
- strike it rich,
- top off
- abide by,
- accomplish,
- add to,
- adhere to,
- administer,
- admit,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- assimilate,
- augment,
- balloon,
- bloat,
- book,
- boost,
- bring to completion,
- bring to fruition,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- calendar,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- carve,
- catalog,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chatter,
- check in,
- chronicle,
- complete,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- cone,
- contain,
- count in,
- cover,
- crescendo,
- cut,
- develop,
- dilate,
- discharge,
- distend,
- docket,
- drag out,
- draw out,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- eke out,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enforce,
- engrave,
- enlarge,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- envisage,
- exalt,
- execute,
- expand,
- extend,
- fatten,
- file,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fulfill,
- grave,
- greaten,
- hike,
- hike up,
- hold,
- honor,
- impanel,
- implement,
- incise,
- include,
- incorporate,
- increase,
- index,
- inflate,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- jack up,
- jot down,
- jump up,
- lengthen,
- list,
- log,
- make,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make good,
- make out,
- make up,
- mark down,
- matriculate,
- mature,
- maximize,
- minute,
- never finish,
- note,
- note down,
- number among,
- observe,
- occupy,
- pad,
- parlay,
- perorate,
- piece out,
- place upon record,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- promulgate,
- prosecute,
- protract,
- puff up,
- put down,
- put in force,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- put through,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- refill,
- register,
- render,
- replenish,
- rotund,
- round,
- round out,
- run out,
- set down,
- snowball,
- speak at length,
- spin out,
- stretch,
- stretch out,
- string out,
- swell,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- thicken,
- top off,
- transact,
- tumefy,
- up,
- videotape,
- widen,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up
- make up
collapse
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
- devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?" related words >
- accommodate,
- accomplish,
- accumulate,
- ad-lib,
- adjust,
- agglomerate,
- aggregate,
- aggroup,
- amass,
- arrange,
- assemble,
- atone for,
- balance,
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