Synonyms of getting

getting

verb

present participle of get

1

as in mastering

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in

I'm not sure I ever got the new math

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mastering
• learning
• understanding
• knowing
• discovering
• seeing
• getting the hang of
• hearing
• grasping
• detecting
• studying
• picking up
• comprehending
• digesting
• examining
• apprehending
• assimilating
• ascertaining
• absorbing
• determining
• drinking (in)
• hitting (on or upon)
• finding out
• imbibing
• tracking (down)
• memorizing
• running down
• tumbling (to)
• searching (for)
• digging up
• discerning
• unearthing
• majoring (in)
• descrying
• scaring up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgetting
• missing
• ignoring
• unlearning
• neglecting
• overlooking
• disregarding
• misunderstanding

2

as in catching

to become affected with (a disease or disorder)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• catching
• contracting
• taking
• coming down (with)
• going down (with)
• sickening (with)
• failing
• dying (from)
• breaking out (with)
• succumbing (to)
• weakening
• worsening
• sinking
• wasting (away)
• languishing
• withering
• wilting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gaining
• recovering
• healing
• coming back
• recuperating
• mending
• shaking (off)
• recouping
• recovering (from)
• snapping back
• rallying
• rebounding

3

as in producing

to become the father of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• spawning
• siring
• reproducing
• generating
• fathering
• begetting
• propagating
• multiplying
• procreating
• engendering
• bearing
• gendering

4

as in persuading

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

• persuading
• convincing
• bringing
• satisfying
• inducing
• urging
• attracting
• gaining
• converting
• moving
• talking (into)
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• arguing
• coaxing
• bringing around
• selling
• seducing
• luring
• prompting
• enticing
• entreating
• cajoling
• influencing
• exhorting
• tempting
• wheedling
• interesting
• discussing
• swaying
• conversing
• snowing
• blandishing
• brainwashing
• leading on
• inclining
• alluring
• debating
• blarneying
• drawing
• beguiling
• reasoning (with)
• overpersuading
• disputing
• hashing (over)
• fast-talking
• chewing over
• mooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• deterring
• dissuading
• unselling

5

as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

redid the math problem until I got the right answer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• learning
• locating
• discovering
• detecting
• ascertaining
• hitting (on or upon)
• tracking (down)
• determining
• finding out
• hunting (down or up)
• running down
• digging up
• dredging (up)
• rummaging
• routing (out)
• digging out
• scouting (up)
• ferreting (out)
• turning up
• rooting (out)
• nosing out
• spotting
• seeking
• scaring up
• descrying
• sighting
• espying
• searching (for or out)
• looking for

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• passing over
• overlooking
• losing
• misplacing
• mislaying
• missetting

6

as in bugging

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

• bugging
• bothering
• annoying
• persecuting
• irritating
• eating
• itching
• aggravating
• worrying
• spiting
• burning (up)
• riling
• ruffling
• nettling
• angering
• exasperating
• irking
• wearing on
• infuriating
• getting to
• griping
• teasing
• frosting
• grating
• hacking (off)
• plaguing
• narking
• vexing
• peeving
• chafing
• insulting
• galling
• provoking
• piquing
• putting out
• harassing
• getting on one's nerves
• getting one's goat
• hassling
• sticking in one's craw
• rasping
• setting one's teeth on edge
• nagging
• pestering
• rubbing the wrong way
• heckling
• badgering
• rousing
• offending
• enraging
• upsetting
• antagonizing
• distressing
• inflaming
• unsettling
• exercising
• baiting
• harrying
• incensing
• agitating
• bullyragging
• rankling
• deviling
• discomforting
• affronting
• perturbing
• disquieting
• undoing
• maddening
• outraging
• roiling
• hagriding
• unhinging
• fretting
• discomposing
• freaking (out)
• miffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• placating
• obliging
• pacifying
• gratifying
• pleasing
• satisfying
• conciliating
• assuring
• delighting
• propitiating
• comforting
• reassuring
• mollifying
• cheering
• consoling
• soothing
• contenting
• quieting
• gladdening
• solacing

7

as in becoming

to eventually have as a state or quality

it's going to get colder as winter approaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• becoming
• growing
• going
• coming
• turning
• running
• changing
• waxing
• transforming
• modifying
• altering
• transmuting
• metamorphosing
• mutating
• transfiguring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• being
• remaining
• continuing
• staying
• lingering
• abiding

8

as in earning

to receive as return for effort

got an A on his final paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earning
• gaining
• winning
• reaping
• making
• garnering
• obtaining
• acquiring
• attaining
• securing
• realizing
• landing
• procuring
• capturing
• carrying
• achieving
• drawing
• bringing in
• bagging
• pulling down
• coming by
• knocking down
• accomplishing
• accumulating
• scoring
• netting
• grossing
• amassing
• occupying
• regaining
• catching
• clearing
• annexing
• recapturing
• notching (up)
• remaking
• taking over
• reacquiring
• racking up
• picking up
• reattaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• paying
• giving
• according
• granting
• forfeiting
• yielding
• giving up
• relinquishing
• surrendering
• parting (with)
• handing over

9

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knowing
• understanding
• seeing
• deciphering
• recognizing
• grasping
• comprehending
• appreciating
• realizing
• making
• perceiving
• sensing
• conceiving
• digging
• discerning
• seizing
• assimilating
• catching
• registering
• decoding
• apprehending
• intuiting
• beholding
• tumbling (to)
• making out
• twigging
• catching on (to)
• savvying
• grokking
• cognizing
• compassing
• picking up on
• digesting
• absorbing
• cottoning (to or on to)
• taking in
• penetrating
• fathoming
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• mistaking
• misinterpreting
• misunderstanding
• misreading
• misconstruing
• misperceiving
• misconceiving
• misapprehending

10

as in grabbing

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

the defense tackled the running back and got the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbing
• catching
• snatching
• seizing
• capturing
• snagging
• landing
• trapping
• nabbing
• hooking
• grappling
• snaring
• copping
• bagging
• corralling
• netting
• taking hold (of)
• nailing
• rapping
• snapping (up)
• collaring
• glomming
• grasping
• nobbling
• holding
• clutching
• securing
• arresting
• roping
• apprehending
• detaining
• gripping
• clasping
• lassoing
• cornering
• kidnapping
• baying
• haltering
• rending
• abducting
• gloving
• entrapping
• latching (on or onto)
• fisting
• entangling
• ensnaring
• meshing
• fastening (on)
• wresting
• enmeshing
• spiriting (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• releasing
• discharging
• freeing
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding

11

as in moving

to leave a place often for another

will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moving
• exiting
• going
• departing
• starting
• escaping
• evacuating
• fleeing
• bailing
• flying
• quitting
• parting
• getting off
• pulling out
• running along
• withdrawing
• digging out
• walking out
• pushing off
• taking off
• cutting out
• stepping (along)
• shoving (off)
• peeling off
• booking
• pushing on
• retreating
• retiring
• going off
• bailing out
• packing (up or off)
• buzzing (off)
• skipping
• clearing out
• scarpering
• beating it
• clearing off
• taking a hike
• emigrating
• sallying (forth)
• hitting the road
• bugging out
• buggering off
• vamoosing
• taking a powder
• bugging off
• pulling stakes
• abandoning
• removing
• setting out
• piking (out or off)
• getting out
• striking out
• deserting
• absconding
• running away
• vacating
• going out
• forsaking
• scramming
• stepping out
• decamping
• mizzling
• scatting
• lighting out
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• arriving
• remaining
• staying
• settling
• showing up
• approaching
• reaching
• dwelling
• lodging
• abiding
• closing
• nearing
• turning up
• hitting
• landing
• tarrying

12

as in overcoming

to achieve a victory over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• taking
• defeating
• mastering
• beating
• stopping
• conquering
• dispatching
• surmounting
• subduing
• licking
• succeeding
• trimming
• getting around
• prevailing (over)
• getting the better of
• winning (against)
• finishing
• upending
• triumphing (over)
• overmatching
• doing down
• overbearing
• besting
• worsting
• burying
• sweeping
• crushing
• skunking
• exceeding
• overwhelming
• scoring
• whipping
• slaughtering
• knocking for a loop
• surpassing
• upsetting
• excelling
• breaking
• clobbering
• capping
• routing
• bombing
• flattening
• thrashing
• blowing out
• creaming
• annihilating
• topping
• flourishing
• edging (out)
• smoking
• trouncing
• blowing away
• skinning
• nosing out
• walloping
• overthrowing
• pipping
• subjugating
• waxing
• vanquishing
• drubbing
• shellacking
• outdoing
• transcending
• overpowering
• knocking over
• unseating
• outshining
• bettering
• outstripping
• eclipsing
• knocking off
• outdistancing
• snowing under
• acing (out)
• outfighting
• overtopping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• giving up
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• going under
• flopping
• flunking
• washing out

13

as in contacting

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

• contacting
• reaching
• informing
• telling
• addressing
• communicating (with)
• getting hold of
• calling
• getting in touch with
• touching base (with)
• advising
• notifying
• instructing
• getting through (to)
• phoning
• familiarizing
• briefing
• acquainting
• filling in
• telephoning
• enlightening
• buzzing
• apprising
• keeping up (with)
• clueing
• ringing (up)
• wising (up)

14

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• executing
• slaying
• killing
• dispatching
• whacking
• neutralizing
• destroying
• terminating
• offing
• liquidating
• slaughtering
• snuffing
• taking out
• putting away
• doing away with
• shooting
• icing
• doing in
• knocking off
• croaking
• claiming
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• eliminating
• cutting down
• zapping
• blowing away
• eradicating
• carrying off
• felling
• smiting
• shooting down
• massacring
• butchering
• wiping out
• blotting out
• exterminating
• mowing (down)
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

15

as in confusing

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confusing
• baffling
• puzzling
• bewildering
• perplexing
• bothering
• posing
• rattling
• muddling
• embarrassing
• flustering
• beating
• mystifying
• addling
• graveling
• muddying
• disorienting
• fuddling
• bamboozling
• disturbing
• stunning
• vexing
• flummoxing
• buffaloing
• befuddling
• sticking
• upsetting
• confounding
• discombobulating
• befogging
• bemusing
• mazing
• stumping
• foxing
• unsettling
• distressing
• blowing one's mind
• agitating
• disconcerting
• going to one's head
• deceiving
• tricking
• fazing
• mortifying
• fooling
• abashing
• nonplussing
• discountenancing
• discomposing
• discomforting
• discomfiting
• deluding
• duping
• misleading
• perturbing
• disquieting
• chagrining
• taking in
• unhinging
• hoodwinking
• misguiding
• snowing
• gulling
• humbugging
• weirding out
• dismaying
• stringing along
• hoaxing
• cozening
• beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assuring
• satisfying
• informing
• reassuring
• enlightening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of getting

Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

The priority, however, is getting Ohtani back to himself on the offensive side before the postseason — whether that means a couple days off or more than a week. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Although the eurozone’s biggest economy would stand in Melenchon’s way, investors are getting more nervous about French debt. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Days have been getting subtly shorter since the summer solstice June 20, but that loss of daylight will become much more noticeable throughout September. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Timberview has been rapidly ascending over the last two seasons and is getting closer not just to competing for district titles, but potentially returning to being a state title contender. — Charles Baggarly august 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

Jordan has complained about not getting proper opportunities in NXT as of late. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Last month, as the political debate around Flock cameras in East Tennessee was getting particularly heated, a candidate running for Congress was arrested and accused of shooting four of them. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Ramya was returning from a weeklong trip in Miami and looking forward to getting home to decorate for Christmas. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing getting

• getting it on