GOT DOWN Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

got down

verb

past tense of get down

as in dismounted

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 weighed 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 sipped

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 got down Dressed in an ivory sweater, aviator sunglasses, and skintight biker shorts, Lopez got down with a group of backup dancers in the clip. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 July 2026 While discussing her engagement with the host, Swift revealed more details about the special moment Kelce got down on one knee. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 In one especially surreal moment, Kuznetsov got down on one knee and appeared to propose to Nikolau. — David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026 The couple was on top of the building for about 30 minutes, where Beerkus got down on one knee and popped the question to Nikolau. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 Will Ferrell got down to his skivvies for a new SKIMS ad, in which the funnyman bares not all, but aplenty. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026 At a Mets game at Citi Field in 2018, the entire Red44 crew got down on the grass for a photo, with Pughsley front and center. — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 The equation got down to 29 required from two overs. — ABC News, 15 June 2026 The Critics Choice Association got down to its real nitty gritty today, revealing the winners of its eighth annual Real TV Awards. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got down

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Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

Definition of dismounted

Verb

They are easily weighed down, especially after a rain, ending up on the ground.

— Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
Not because anything is particularly wrong, but because my complexion feels weighed down by oil, dead skin, and whatever else has settled into my pores.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 15 July 2026

Definition of weighed down

Verb

Nirmal Kumar, 44, a businessman, said what began as a leisurely trip descended into chaos within minutes as a storm lashed the boat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
On a balmy June evening, a crowd of vampire obsessives descended upon the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theatre in a sea of black and red.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of descended

Verb

Rising costs of components, supply chain constraints, and weaker consumer demand that are all partly linked to the Iran war have depressed smartphone sales in much of the continent, resulting in the slowest growth of shipments to Africa in two years, research firm Omdia said.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Two Democrats at the top would have depressed Republican turnout for other key races — especially for Congress — in the fall.

— Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 29 May 2026

Definition of depressed

Verb

Porush swallowed a black goldfish while Gelfand swallowed another one.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a New York State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two troopers injured, according to authorities, as dramatic photos captured the fiery aftermath.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of swallowed

Verb

As the second half began, Cape Verde continued to hold off the Argentinians and managed a couple of opportunities on the opposition’s goal, though nothing that overly troubled Emiliano Martínez.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Woolf composed her great modernist novels and her brilliant essays while troubled by suicidal thoughts and the tumult of two world wars.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 1 July 2026