GET BY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

get by

verb

Definition of get by

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

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Recent Examples of get by Statewide, a single adult with no children needs to make at least $24 an hour to get by, according to MIT’s Living Wage calculator; that number goes up in high-cost-of-living areas like greater Miami, or if kids enter the picture. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Vandenberg was one of the better skaters in the 2026 draft class, with the quick-twitch feet to project to get by a lot of NHL defensemen. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Both severe flooding and power outages plagued Hoboken late into the evening as drivers struggled to get by along Willow Street. — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Over in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood at Fresh Market Place, Drossos tries to keep the prices as low as possible so customers who’ve lost SNAP can get by. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get by

Verb

At least 788 people have died in Nepal, where authorities are struggling to cope with the mounting number of bodies, and at least 16 have died in China.

— Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Authorities carried out a temporary burial of about 100 victims on Saturday, officials said, as forensic teams struggled to cope.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

As Korean growth picks up, President Lee Jae Myung could be excused for thinking his job as an economic reformer is done.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Quarterback Jack Strand made the Atlanta Falcons’ initial 53-man roster Sunday, and running back Tyler Goodson did not.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Totally ignoring the humanity of both worker and customer is rude, and yet both parties are interested in getting on with whatever the transaction is.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Making the decision to leave Lake Mary and get on the field a year earlier has obviously been beneficial.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of get on

Verb

The children were all very close and everyone got along, with their parents remaining amicable even after having divorced, according to Mercer.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Reports about the British royal family have long indicated that Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, don’t exactly get along.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of get along

Verb

With much of the country's economy geared toward its lucrative and well-managed fishing industry, fishing rights have been a talking point in the run-up to the referendum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Rebecca Sanders, a national safety practice leader at the transportation consulting firm Fehr & Peers, led a 2019 report at Arizona State University and Toole Design looking at various strategies used across the country to manage speed.

— Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026