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 An unidentified man wearing blue basketball shorts and a Knicks hat was spotted in a video obtained by ABC News getting down on one knee, pulling out a red box and holding up a ring. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 18 June 2026 Kapow is excited about getting down. —

Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2026 Even the guy in the Oklahoma City jersey was getting down. —

Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 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

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All the other Buzz toys follow suit, dropping into the playground like soldiers descending into battle, and the rest of the kids all excitedly grab one to play with.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
If only the look from the outside-in had measured up the same way instead of descending into a fiasco as thousands faced infuriating delays getting to the stadium.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026