GETTING UP Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

getting up

verb

present participle of get up

as in rolling out

to leave one's bed you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning

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as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes all got up in her Sunday best

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as in summoning

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply

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Recent Examples of getting up So far, so good, getting up after each time being knocked down, already with a league-high 16 and-one opportunities going into this five-game trip. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026 Half the fun was driving out to the desert and getting drunk, spending the night in an RV and getting up with a hangover. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 After a night of tossing and turning, getting up on schedule can feel downright unreasonable. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026 Video taken from inside a vehicle captured some of the scuffle, including the attacker getting up, striking Batista in the head with the butt of a pistol and taking off as the victim lies motionless in the street. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Bowens appeared to suffer a right lower leg/ankle injury on a carry with 20 seconds left in the first half of the Vanderbilt game, getting up gingerly after a 5-yard carry and ensuing pile up. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The prosecution said the trajectory of the bullet showed that Jean was either getting up from his couch or cowering when Guyger fired at him. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 1 Oct. 2026 Farrar’s tweet, Phillips said, plays off the dynamic of liberals getting up in arms, and people then making fun of liberals for getting up in arms. — David MacK, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Forecasters said Nolo's outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20 inches of rain. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting up

Verb

One of the most exciting advances in mobile computing just hit store shelves, as laptops with Nvidia's Spark-class processors are rolling out.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
Baked by Melissa is rolling out bite-size cupcake liners, pans and at-home baking kits in Target stores.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of rolling out

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His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.

— Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of clothing

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Also among the Golden Dawn initiates was infamous occultist Aleister Crowley, who the documentary said was a destructive force in the group, binging on drugs while being accused of summoning demons using Golden Dawn rituals.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
The final sprint promises more fireworks, with both parties summoning their biggest names to Georgia for a showdown that could reshape the state’s political landscape.

— Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoning

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To win, the Democrats need to focus on turning out voters, particularly those in the areas of Orange and Osceola counties that remain in the district who are likely to vote for Soto.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
There were 46,365 early voters in Tarrant County on Thursday, which means the number of people turning out in this year’s midterm election continues to surpass 2022 and 2018.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning out

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Homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart has apologized for dressing as a homeless person for Halloween.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
His bandmates also got in on the New York theme, dressing as city landmarks and icons, including the Statue of Liberty, Andy Warhol and Anna Wintour.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dressing

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While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
The spacecraft eventually dropped down to just 171 miles (275 kilometers) above the planet, and the observatory officially stopped gathering scientific data.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of gathering

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That structure won’t eliminate the symptoms waking you up, however.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026
The quest for deals occupies my every waking moment, with dozens of browser tabs monitoring major retailers, news releases, price comparisons, and more.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026