Synonyms of get

get 1 of 2

verb

ˈget 

1

as in to learn

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in

I'm not sure I ever got the new math

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learn
• master
• understand
• know
• get the hang of
• discover
• hear
• see
• pick up
• grasp
• comprehend
• detect
• apprehend
• ascertain
• drink (in)
• find out
• digest
• absorb
• examine
• assimilate
• determine
• hit (on or upon)
• study
• discern
• memorize
• track (down)
• run down
• search (for)
• imbibe
• unearth
• tumble (to)
• dig up
• scare up
• descry
• major (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• miss
• unlearn
• ignore
• overlook
• misunderstand
• disregard
• neglect

2

as in to catch

to become affected with (a disease or disorder)

don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• catch
• take
• contract
• come down (with)
• go down (with)
• sicken (with)
• break out (with)
• die (from)
• fail
• succumb (to)
• weaken
• waste (away)
• worsen
• sink
• wilt
• wither
• languish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recover
• gain
• come back
• heal
• recoup
• mend
• recuperate
• recover (from)
• shake (off)
• snap back
• rally
• rebound

3

as in to produce

to become the father of

Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• spawn
• reproduce
• beget
• sire
• generate
• father
• propagate
• multiply
• bear
• procreate
• engender
• gender

4

as in to convince

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests

tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convince
• persuade
• bring
• satisfy
• induce
• urge
• gain
• attract
• convert
• win (over)
• move
• prevail (on or upon)
• talk (into)
• argue
• coax
• bring around
• sell
• entice
• prompt
• lure
• seduce
• tempt
• cajole
• entreat
• exhort
• wheedle
• influence
• discuss
• snow
• lead on
• sway
• interest
• draw
• beguile
• allure
• converse
• incline
• brainwash
• fast-talk
• blandish
• overpersuade
• debate
• chew over
• reason (with)
• dispute
• blarney
• moot
• hash (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deter
• discourage
• dissuade
• unsell

5

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

redid the math problem until I got the right answer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• find
• learn
• locate
• discover
• detect
• ascertain
• find out
• hit (on or upon)
• track (down)
• dig up
• hunt (down or up)
• determine
• dig out
• scout (up)
• run down
• turn up
• dredge (up)
• rout (out)
• ferret (out)
• rummage
• scare up
• nose out
• sight
• root (out)
• descry
• seek
• spot
• search (for or out)
• look for
• espy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• pass over
• overlook
• lose
• misplace
• mislay
• misset

6

as in to annoy

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoy
• bother
• bug
• irritate
• persecute
• eat
• get to
• aggravate
• wear on
• burn (up)
• spite
• itch
• worry
• anger
• irk
• exasperate
• ruffle
• rile
• hack (off)
• infuriate
• frost
• tease
• provoke
• grate
• put out
• nettle
• plague
• vex
• gall
• nark
• peeve
• chafe
• gripe
• get on one's nerves
• pique
• insult
• get one's goat
• harass
• stick in one's craw
• rub the wrong way
• upset
• set one's teeth on edge
• rouse
• hassle
• heckle
• nag
• offend
• rasp
• pester
• devil
• enrage
• antagonize
• distress
• inflame
• bait
• unsettle
• badger
• discomfort
• perturb
• outrage
• exercise
• harry
• bullyrag
• rankle
• agitate
• undo
• incense
• unhinge
• affront
• discompose
• hagride
• disquiet
• roil
• madden
• freak (out)
• fret
• miff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appease
• placate
• please
• oblige
• pacify
• satisfy
• conciliate
• assure
• delight
• gratify
• mollify
• propitiate
• reassure
• cheer
• comfort
• content
• soothe
• quiet
• console
• gladden
• solace

7

as in to become

to eventually have as a state or quality

it's going to get colder as winter approaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• become
• grow
• go
• come
• turn
• run
• change
• transform
• wax
• modify
• alter
• transmute
• metamorphose
• mutate
• transfigure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• be
• continue
• remain
• stay
• linger
• abide

8

as in to earn

to receive as return for effort

got an A on his final paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earn
• win
• gain
• reap
• make
• obtain
• garner
• attain
• acquire
• realize
• land
• secure
• capture
• procure
• achieve
• draw
• carry
• bring in
• come by
• pull down
• knock down
• accomplish
• accumulate
• bag
• score
• regain
• occupy
• amass
• gross
• catch
• net
• recapture
• clear
• take over
• pick up
• rack up
• reacquire
• annex
• remake
• notch (up)
• reattain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• give
• pay
• forfeit
• grant
• yield
• give up
• accord
• surrender
• relinquish
• part (with)
• hand over

9

as in to know

to have a clear idea of

she was speaking so fast—did you get what she said?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• know
• understand
• see
• decipher
• recognize
• appreciate
• comprehend
• grasp
• realize
• make
• discern
• perceive
• sense
• conceive
• dig
• seize
• catch
• make out
• assimilate
• register
• apprehend
• tumble (to)
• decode
• catch on (to)
• cotton (to or on to)
• behold
• twig
• intuit
• pick up on
• compass
• grok
• cognize
• savvy
• absorb
• digest
• fathom
• take in
• penetrate
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misunderstand
• misread
• mistake
• misinterpret
• misconstrue
• misperceive
• misconceive
• misapprehend

10

as in to grab

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

the defense tackled the running back and got the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grab
• catch
• snatch
• seize
• capture
• snag
• land
• nab
• trap
• take hold (of)
• hook
• snap (up)
• snare
• grapple
• corral
• cop
• net
• rap
• nail
• glom
• hold
• bag
• nobble
• grasp
• rope
• secure
• collar
• apprehend
• detain
• clutch
• arrest
• grip
• glove
• kidnap
• fist
• bay
• corner
• rend
• fasten (on)
• ensnare
• clasp
• wrest
• entrap
• abduct
• lasso
• latch (on or onto)
• mesh
• entangle
• halter
• spirit (away or off)
• enmesh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• release
• free
• discharge
• drop
• liberate
• loosen
• unhand

11

as in to move

to leave a place often for another

will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• move
• go
• depart
• exit
• start
• escape
• evacuate
• flee
• quit
• get off
• part
• fly
• pull out
• bail
• run along
• peel off
• walk out
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• withdraw
• push off
• take off
• cut out
• book
• dig out
• push on
• clear out
• retire
• bail out
• beat it
• go off
• take a hike
• clear off
• hit the road
• sally (forth)
• buzz (off)
• pike (out or off)
• pack (up or off)
• skip
• set out
• emigrate
• bugger off
• scarper
• bug out
• retreat
• take a powder
• bug off
• begone
• get out
• strike out
• vamoose
• pull stakes
• remove
• abandon
• run away
• vacate
• abscond
• step out
• go out
• desert
• forsake
• decamp
• scram
• light out
• adjourn
• scat
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• arrive
• stay
• remain
• show up
• settle
• dwell
• turn up
• close
• abide
• reach
• hit
• approach
• lodge
• land
• near
• tarry

12

as in to overcome

to achieve a victory over

you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcome
• take
• defeat
• master
• beat
• best
• stop
• worst
• conquer
• dispatch
• surmount
• subdue
• lick
• get around
• get the better of
• succeed
• prevail (over)
• triumph (over)
• win (against)
• trim
• upend
• finish
• overbear
• overmatch
• do down
• bury
• skunk
• better
• sweep
• overwhelm
• knock for a loop
• surpass
• exceed
• upset
• score
• crush
• blow out
• whip
• break
• slaughter
• blow away
• flatten
• clobber
• excel
• skin
• top
• annihilate
• trounce
• cream
• bomb
• nose out
• smoke
• flourish
• edge (out)
• snow under
• cap
• thrash
• knock over
• vanquish
• rout
• subjugate
• wallop
• outdo
• overthrow
• transcend
• pip
• drub
• unseat
• wax
• shellac
• overpower
• outshine
• outstrip
• knock off
• outdistance
• eclipse
• ace (out)
• overtop
• outfight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose (to)
• fall
• give up
• fail
• go down
• fold
• go under
• collapse
• wash out
• flunk
• flop

13

as in to contact

to transmit information or requests to

I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contact
• reach
• tell
• inform
• get hold of
• communicate (with)
• address
• get in touch with
• call
• touch base (with)
• advise
• notify
• get through (to)
• clue
• fill in
• familiarize
• instruct
• apprise
• enlighten
• acquaint
• phone
• keep up (with)
• brief
• wise (up)
• telephone
• ring (up)
• buzz

14

as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately

"I'll get you if you talk to the cops," the loan shark warned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• slay
• execute
• off
• kill
• whack
• neutralize
• take out
• dispatch
• snuff
• put away
• terminate
• destroy
• liquidate
• shoot
• slaughter
• ice
• bump off
• croak
• do away with
• rub out
• knock off
• fell
• cut down
• blow away
• do in
• eliminate
• carry off
• claim
• shoot down
• eradicate
• blot out
• wipe out
• smite
• zap
• butcher
• exterminate
• mow (down)
• massacre
• annihilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raise
• restore
• revive
• resurrect
• animate
• resuscitate

15

as in to confuse

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confuse
• puzzle
• baffle
• perplex
• bewilder
• bother
• pose
• embarrass
• beat
• rattle
• disturb
• muddle
• fluster
• upset
• muddy
• stun
• maze
• bamboozle
• mystify
• befuddle
• gravel
• addle
• discombobulate
• fox
• buffalo
• stick
• flummox
• fuddle
• confound
• vex
• disorient
• bemuse
• blow one's mind
• befog
• unsettle
• stump
• distress
• deceive
• agitate
• go to one's head
• mortify
• trick
• faze
• mislead
• discomfort
• disconcert
• take in
• fool
• perturb
• delude
• discountenance
• discomfit
• snow
• dupe
• unhinge
• abash
• discompose
• weird out
• hoodwink
• nonplus
• misguide
• string along
• chagrin
• disquiet
• dismay
• beguile
• cozen
• gull
• hoax
• humbug

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assure
• satisfy
• inform
• reassure
• enlighten

get

2 of 2

noun

ˈget 

as in offspring

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant

in some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offspring
• fruit
• seed
• family
• child
• issue
• spawn
• progeny
• posterity
• hatch
• young
• brood
• litter
• stock
• kin
• lineage
• scion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parent
• father
• grandfather
• ancestor
• progenitor
• antecedent
• forebear
• forefather
• primogenitor
• forebearer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of get

Verb

Homeland Security has indicated that getting the wall built is a priority. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Boozer didn’t shoot particularly well, but the rest of his play got my attention. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Noun

The iconic bunny costume moment, when Elle is tricked into showing up to a non-costume party wearing a Playboy bunny get-up, was the catalyst for exploring how Elle was able to shake that humiliation off. — Scarlett Harris, IndieWire, 6 July 2026

Sold as a buy-one-get-one-free deal, this firework may be one of the most cost-effective options. — Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026

Phrases Containing get

• get a charge out of
• get a kick out of
• get a load of
• get a move on
• get about
• get across
• get after
• get ahead
• get along
• get around
• get back
• get by
• get cracking
• get down
• get even (for)
• get going
• get hold of
• get in
• get in touch with
• get off
• get off (on)
• get on
• get on (to)
• get on one's nerves
• get one's act together
• get one's goat
• get out
• get round
• get somewhere
• get the better of
• get the hang of
• get there
• get through
• get to
• get together
• get up
• get wind of
• get with it