GETTING ALONG Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

getting along

verb

present participle of get along

as in coping

to meet one's day-to-day needs most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night

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as in progressing

to move forward along a course the preparations for the party are getting along just fine

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Recent Examples of getting along But people getting along is rarely as simple as wishing it, and the truth remains that Harry and his brother Prince William are still feuding. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026 Interestingly, a fleeting scene of Noah leaning on his teammates becomes a tragic mirror to Hal never having been able to do so (as a kid or as a Lantern) and John never getting along with his brothers. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026 The success of Oasis Live ’25 — and the fact that the brothers are still getting along well enough to do press for their documentary together — has sparked rumors of a further Oasis tour, perhaps next year. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Everyone’s getting along for now Two nights ago, my daughter refused to go to sleep well past her bedtime. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 So far, Crimson, now about 5½ months old, seems to be getting along well on three legs. — Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 As the moon and Venus align, getting along with that one coworker is easier. — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 But not everyone was getting along as well as the host would have hoped. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 The Shards were there with our cast of Love Story, and everyone’s getting along. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 27 Mar. 2026

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Verb

When people have little relief from stress in a chaotic environment, their brains have difficulty coping with the ongoing prediction errors, Friston, McEwen and neuroscientist Achim Peters argued in a 2017 article.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Building and protecting those pipelines will be expensive—but far cheaper than trying to keep the strait open by force or coping with periodic shortages and price spikes.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of coping

Verb

Aside from newcomer Tobias Harris, who Johnson said is progressing nicely after missing the preseason with a calf strain, the Spurs should have a full complement of players available for Tuesday’s opener.

— Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
Detecting adenocarcinomas early can help keep them from progressing to advanced disease.

— Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Any company doing a div-recap is likely taking a forward-looking view that the IPO market will be closed in the short run.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

The Vatican signaled that preparations were proceeding by publishing on Friday the names of journalists accredited to travel on Leo’s plane.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The kingdom is still proceeding with plans for other new stadiums including one in Dhahran being developed by Saudi Aramco, and the King Salman International Stadium and Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium in Riyadh.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

The flight went on as planned, but these men knew my grandfather and heard that his daughters were getting on the plane.

— Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The idea is to sound like an inferior buck in the brush, one that is roaming around a mature deer’s space and getting on his nerves.

— Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of getting on

Verb

Ryu wins the first time, but the brothers have a falling out and start a beef with a demon named Akuna before going their separate ways.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

That’s when Stafford got to work, marching Los Angeles 63 yards in only eight plays for the game-tying score with only five seconds left on the clock.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Monday night’s childish spectacle saw Jackson marching into the midfield, losing his cool, and throwing a bare-knuckle punch at Chubb.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026