makeup meaning and definition

MAKEUP noun

Definition of makeup (noun)

1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
   • synonyms: make-up, war paint
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
3. the way in which someone or something is composed
   • synonyms: composition, constitution, make-up, physical composition