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makeover

makeover

91 4.1
A change to hair, clothes, or makeup to look better
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪkˌoʊvər/
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  • Eddie's girlfriend, Angela, wanted to look like Lena Horne in the makeover.
  • get a makeover
  • give a makeover
  • a makeover for moms

Amy got a makeover, and that's a big deal.

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Examples

  • So we're here with April today and she is getting a makeover from head to toe.

  • Participants in this program receive a makeover and select appropriate professional attire.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Would you want to give a makeover to this woman?

  • Looks like someone had a makeover party!

  • Complete makeover, head to toe.

  • When I was 13, my mom took me for a makeover at Shiseido for my birthday.

    Blog text (9)
  • I stood in front of the full-length mirror to check out my makeover.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • He needs a makeover.

  • "Would you like a makeover, compliments of Jayne Mason?" the girl asks sweetly.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • After the makeover, she looked completely different and more confident.

Synonyms

beauty treatment
vsmakeover
1 3.2

A salon service that makes someone look better

is a wider whole appearance change involving hair makeup and clothing

Antonyms

A visible change that makes parts of the body look damaged after injury, disease, or birth defect

How Dramatic

transformation
241 3.7
makeover
91 4.1
restyle
4.5
touch-up
8 3.9

Surface Forms

makeover singular
makeovers plural

Morphology

makeover = make (semi-transparent) = over + make

The phrase 'make over' suggests changing something, but the specific beauty-treatment sense is somewhat conventionalized. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word makeover is made from the everyday words make ('to do or create') and over ('again' or 'completely'). So a makeover for a person is a full change of appearance, with new hair, clothes, or makeup to look and feel different.