GOT ALONG Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

got along

verb

past tense of get along

as in coped

to meet one's day-to-day needs most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night

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as in progressed

to move forward along a course the preparations for the party are getting along just fine

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Recent Examples of got along And apparently, my skin wasn't the only one that got along with these pads. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Oct. 2026 Whether that announcement is marriage- or pickleball-related remains to be seen, but not everyone coming back together got along in the Big Brother house, so how does Chen Moonves feel about Jason De Puy and Kamu Kirk being reunited? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 Happily, Yarberry got along well with Doris and her husband, Jon Worrell. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 The children were all very close and everyone got along, with their parents remaining amicable even after having divorced, according to Mercer. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 But for the most part Cubs and Sox fans got along and treated each other with mutual respect. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Both teams then got along just fine after practice with several players from each team spending time together. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Despite evidence that the two got along well enough, rumors spread in Vienna after Mozart’s death that Salieri had poisoned him. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 My family got along with her fine. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got along

Verb

Adam has always coped with the world by drawing—his artwork on yellow legal pads and sticky notes illustrates the novel—but now there’s a new girl in school who’s praised for her artwork, and Adam feels his identity as an artist slipping away.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
The countries that coped best were not always those with the most energy resources.

— Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of coped

Verb

As the campaign progressed, Raman gave different answers about her timeline for replacing the police chief.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
As his Parkinson’s disease progressed (he was officially diagnosed in 1984), Williams became Ali’s primary caregiver.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

Those five goals came on 14 shots, the last from the left point by Hedman that somehow got by Hart late in the second.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
State police said all northbound lanes of the Bishop Ford were shut down after the crash, but traffic still got by on the right shoulder.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of got by

Verb

Hartford doubled the lead just three minutes later as Barry Coffey got on the end of one on a scramble in the box and pushed it past Charleson goalkeeper Luis Zamudio.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
During pre-production, the 80-year-old got on the line with Ippolito to walk him through his early years.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of got on

Verb

Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
This looming ban — slipped into a sweeping budget bill passed by Congress last year — was set to go into effect this November before a bipartisan coalition of senators managed to punt the deadline by a month, to December 11.

— Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

In steady rain and silence, thousands marched in Novi Sad on Sunday in a gesture of respect for the victims.

— MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
At dawn on October 18, 1776, four thousand British and Hessian soldiers marched along the narrow country road that followed the high ground the rock sits on.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026