make a point

1. 1.

   make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

   Synonymsmake sure

   Broaderact

Questions about make a point

What does make a point mean?

make a point means "make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally".

What is another word for make a point?

Close synonyms include make sure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make a point a common word?

make a point is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.