GETTING DOWN Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

getting down

verb

present participle of get down

as in descending

to come down from something (as a vehicle) I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat

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as in weighing down

to make sad it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him

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as in sipping

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down

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Recent Examples of getting down This all adds up to a perfect cocktail for getting down on ourselves. —

Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 June 2026 Return of the party crowd At Zuma, a stalwart venue of the usually busy lifestyle scene in the Dubai International Financial Centre, some of the party crowd are back, getting down to DJs and knocking back pricy cocktails. —

Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026 Madonna asked at the top of the clip, wasting no time getting down and dirty for details on the group's preferences. —

Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026 This will probably require getting down on your hands and knees. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 The pair shared a sweet slideshow on Instagram in December 2023 that showed Wilson getting down on one knee in front of a Christmas tree to ask a shocked van der Pol to marry him. —

Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 Considered undersized for a starting pitcher — Yamamoto is only 5-10, 176 pounds — the Japanese right-hander generates power by holding his leg kick for a second before getting down the mound, as many Japanese pitchers do, and his whiplash-like arm action generates deception. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026 Somewhere deep in the woods of eastern Long Island, 72-year-old Christie Brinkley is getting down in the dirt. —

Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026 March Madness getting down to the wire Illinois coach Brad Underwood and the Illini celebrate after their win over Iowa in Houston on Saturday. —

Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026

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But there was something regal about a president descending those steps, or waving from the top of them, on foreign soil.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Ingredients are listed in descending order, meaning the first few ingredients make up the largest share of the food.

— Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 10 June 2026