GOT UP Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

got up

verb

past tense of get up

as in rolled 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 clothed

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

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as in summoned

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 got up Or Whitney Houston, who one time got up unannounced to play the piano after their regular pianist’s shift ended. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston. — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 About 30 minutes before landing, Lopez allegedly got up from his seat to use the restroom. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Almost got up to 55 mph with my final throw. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 June 2026 After the cast got up the next morning, Trinity entered the women's quarters to immediately address the elephant in the room. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 22 June 2026 Ducks got up in front of us, and an eagle soared lazily overhead. — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026 Alvarado got up and delivered a shot back to Wembanyama, hitting him near the groin. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 June 2026 Then, the Shamrocks got up to bat. — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got up

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The program announced $250 million in public and private funding to California newsrooms in 2024, which would be rolled out over the course of five years.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Her roommate recently took a ride during which BuzzBallz rolled out from beneath the seat.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

Definition of rolled out

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On this day, four guests — clad in masks, snorkels, flippers, and dressed in all black to reduce the risk of being confused for a fish by the sharks — clung onto a safety line and watched as the silky sharks encircled them.

— Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
At product launches, company events, and trade shows, Huang is nearly always clad in his trademark black Tom Ford leather jacket.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of clothed

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The argumentative duo are summoned to investigate a murder in rural Nebraska that has mysterious connections to dangerous extraterrestrials.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 July 2026
His only snap last season came once Jones graciously summoned him to take the victory kneel-down over the New York Giants.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of summoned

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Much has once again been made of that famous 2007 photoshoot in which Messi was pictured bathing a young child, which turned out to be Yamal.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
That turned out to be wrong for a meaningful minority of them, whose brains were generating signals our methods were not sensitive enough to pick up.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026

Definition of turned out

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The bells atop a small stone church sounded as the faithful dressed in their Sunday best headed home to neat frame houses.

— Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
In the video, the rocker struts around in stage dressed in all black with slick white boots, jamming on his guitar.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026