GETS ON Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

gets on

verb

present tense third-person singular of get on

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on

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as in progresses

to move forward along a course find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign

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Recent Examples of gets on Exactly how hot your hair dryer gets on the lowest and highest setting, however, can vary from brand to brand. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 Ask any company that quietly panics every time its founder gets on a plane. — Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 On any other network, in any other circumstance, that show [likely] gets on the air. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 Dinner gets on the table faster. — Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026 Kyle says a teary good-bye to everyone, gets on a boat, and is let out in the deep blue water, heading back to civilization, heading over each rocking swell, not into the future, but somehow into the past. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 Twice thwarted, Beth sighs, says yes, and gets on with the business of living. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026 At one point, Bill Walker gets on the phone with someone. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025 Dern defends takedowns at 25 percent, and her comfort level on the ground could be her downfall if Jandiroba gets on top of her every round. — Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets on

Verb

The story centers on the families left behind, tracing how a mother copes with her daughter’s absence.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.

— Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Definition of copes

Verb

As the plot progresses, there are constant digs at Google Maps and Apple Maps for conceding to Trump’s order.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Bioethicists and philosophers actively monitor the welfare and cognitive state of the animals as the research progresses.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of progresses

Verb

This means Voraotsady’s husband, Ash Jones — who also does the bookkeeping — does the grocery shopping on Sunday mornings.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Frank McCourt bought the team before the 2004 season and brought in his own people, as a new owner often does.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of does

Verb

Her incompatibility is expertly and efficiently illustrated in an immediate fallout with Gordon’s brash but lovable brother, Heavy (Justin Rosniak), who Ash gets along with swimmingly.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
John teaches at a small, leafy college by day, while by night working on a book about rationalist philosopher Spinoza and dating his beautiful colleague Becca (Sofia Boutella), a professor of psychology who has a son with whom John gets along well.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of gets along

Verb

Whatever proceeds Fairlane mall fetches at next month's auction/sale are to be deducted from the $35 million judgement against Kohan and the LLC.

— JC Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Having persuaded the judge of all the earth to agree to the principle, Abraham proceeds to negotiate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of proceeds

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That capacity will be needed as Britain manages several submarine programs at the same time.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Andra Bennett, a spokesperson for the city’s public events department, which manages the convention center, said the demolition of the center’s arena is the next phase in a project that has spanned two decades.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of manages

Verb

Now a new Cherry Orchard, the work of another Australian auteur, Simon Stone, has put down roots in the cavernous drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory, and the angry young tutor goes even further.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Well, there’s one later episode that really does a deep dive into Andrew’s perspective and his experience of life that goes between a couple of different time periods of his life.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026