/ Thesaurus / T Synonyms of tarawa makin Find synonyms for: Noun1. Tarawa, Makin, Tarawa-Makinusage: battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fightingWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: ravenous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language