GETTING OUT Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

getting out

verb

present participle of get out

as in spreading

to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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as in publishing

to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of getting out Oil is getting out of the strait – but the number is closer to 4 million barrels per day, according to JPMorgan. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 So, just getting out here, spreading the love of the game, and having some fun doing it. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 For many actors, getting into character isn’t as big of a problem as getting out of one. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026 Most of the first episode gives us Lucky on the run, getting out of the hotel and out of Vegas, and across the tops of a field of big rigs. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 There’s a big difference between selecting a film to stream from your bed and getting out of the house, going to a store and talking about movies with a clerk and fellow film enthusiasts. — Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Without daylight filtering into the room, getting out of bed suddenly felt much harder than usual. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 The reason for that may be due to money just moving from one part of the stock market to another, rather than investors getting out entirely. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Use your self-cleaning setting regularly to prevent messes from stacking up and getting out of control. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting out

Verb

The study is ongoing, but interim results found the treatment, Intismeran, met both its primary target of reducing cancer recurrence and its secondary ⁠goal of keeping cancers from spreading to other parts of the body.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Getty Images As wildfires sweep Europe and North America, falsehoods about their causes and the nature of climate change are spreading like, well, wildfire.

— David Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a beef neither seems capable of escaping.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Jonathan Bowlan allowed a single and a walk in the eighth before escaping with help from Brandon Marsh’s catch of a foul pop amid the fans in left field.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaping

Verb

Textbooks Ken Miller, a professor emeritus of biology at Brown University, has been publishing one of the nation’s most popular biology textbooks for nearly 30 years.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The referrals were made prior to the watchdog publishing its findings this week.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishing

Verb

The team used a technique called metabolomics to measure small molecules circulating in the blood, providing a biochemical snapshot of how the astronauts' bodies — and the microbes living inside them — were responding to spaceflight.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Videos and photos circulating on social media show piles of rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal rods after waves removed layers of sand along the shoreline.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulating

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Final Thoughts The Qidi Max 4 feels like a machine designed for people who care more about capability, material flexibility, and printing large, functional parts than chasing a perfectly polished consumer-appliance experience.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
Developed by Cleora with 3D-printing contractor True North and technology provider RIC Robotics, the project aims to demonstrate that robotic construction can move beyond prototypes and support entire neighborhoods.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of printing

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Wright said that on August 8, total oil coming out of the Gulf exceeded that 20-million-barrel mark.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming out

Verb

In the Jurassic movies, characters are mostly reduced to constantly running away, with only bad guys ever fighting back.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
After underperforming for much of this year, financial stocks are now running away as a group, with just about every corner of the sprawling industry offering something compelling for investors.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026