Synonyms of getting to

getting to

phrase

present participle of get to

1

as in bothering

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in beginning

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• falling (to)
• entering (into or upon)
• commencing
• striking (into)
• starting
• getting off
• embarking (on or upon)
• opening
• getting going
• launching
• leading off
• setting about
• kicking off
• creating
• taking on
• taking up
• generating
• initiating
• getting around (to)
• originating
• organizing
• adopting
• establishing
• setting up
• inventing
• getting down (to)
• founding
• getting round (to)
• inaugurating
• spawning
• pioneering
• innovating
• instituting
• embracing
• fathering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• finishing
• laying off
• concluding
• terminating
• stopping
• completing
• closing
• ceasing
• halting
• discontinuing
• knocking off
• leaving
• quitting
• phasing out
• abandoning
• destroying
• desisting
• abolishing
• extinguishing
• exterminating
• demolishing
• forsaking

3

as in affecting

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

I think your criticisms really got to him.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affecting
• influencing
• impressing
• impacting
• telling (on)
• touching
• striking
• interesting
• reaching
• swaying
• carrying away
• inspiring
• involving
• moving
• bothering
• fascinating
• concerning
• attracting
• dazzling
• disturbing
• penetrating
• entrancing
• worrying
• biasing
• ravishing
• plaguing
• stirring
• transporting
• troubling
• trying
• enchanting
• enthralling
• coloring
• distressing
• engaging
• biassing
• afflicting
• harassing
• piercing
• stressing
• charming
• upsetting
• disquieting
• enrapturing
• captivating
• discomposing
• perturbing
• pestering
• alluring
• bewitching
• discomforting
• agitating
• wringing
• flustering
• smiting
• harrying
• straining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tiring
• wearying
• palling
• jading
• underwhelming