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

But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

As a girl growing up in the 1970s, Griffin recalls how her parents and other neighbors in the two-street patch of homes did not let their children play at the nearby Fannie Robinson Park after some of them started developing rashes or getting sick. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Rothman says playing live is the biggest motivation in their career, and that artists can still impact society directly by getting onstage and singing songs to real, live people. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026

Bluetoothing is known to occur in settings of extreme poverty as a cheaper way of getting high. — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Check out Getting to Genius, our latest guide to getting better at the game. — New York Times Games, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2026

Storytelling in the modern world is now often about getting the most clicks and attention. — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026

Zerinitey loves the simple excitement that comes with getting the chance to go shopping. — The Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

Now the focus becomes continuing that momentum while getting as close to full strength as possible. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing getting

• getting it on