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 Now, Entertainment Weekly looks back at what the cast of The Love Boat got up to after their years at sea. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the Saloon without a backwards glance. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 People didn’t even have the apps on their phones back then, but as social media grew, people got up to speed with it. — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Treadwell got up and was smoked by the Chiefs’ Nohl Williams. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The officer fell to the ground and immediately got up and worked to apprehend the suspects, according to police and video of the incident released by police. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Upon seeing things turn physical, Mejia, who is a retired New Jersey police officer, got up and Olenick followed. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Cronenworth got up and headed home, sliding in headfirst with the tying run. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The woman got up on their table and gleefully pretended to tap dance, drawing an amused crowd of onlookers. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got up

Verb

Not long afterward, a British media company began publishing The Robotics Law Journal, and an American legal-research firm rolled out The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Oxford and Ole Miss rolled out the unwelcome mat early in the week, starting Wednesday with a Lane Kiffen (incorrect spelling intentional) Roast at the Lyric Theater.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of rolled out

Verb

Several were naked or partially clothed and left in open areas near main roads.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The Sun, who now begin the process of relocating to Houston for next season, gave their loyal, vociferous and orange-clad fans a goodbye present, a 95-81 victory over the Toronto Tempo, just a little something to remember them by.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of clothed

Verb

What was initially diagnosed as a Grade 1 ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) sprain turned out to be much worse for the now 29-year-old reliever.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Upon closer examination, beats like the ones that Fleming’s team described turned out to reflect not quantum coherence, but a resonance between wiggling molecular bonds.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned out

Verb

While many in the crowd were dressed in the latest Chanel borrowed for the occasion, Rossum dug into her own archives for the occasion.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
An example of the all-electric Bentley Torcal dressed in the marque’s Electrum color scheme.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of dressed

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Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathered

Verb

Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Neither support socialism or are perceived as woke, which is otherwise a growing trend among Democratic challengers in the country.

— Hazel Gandhi, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of woke

Verb

The water level rose and fell daily, the cycles gradually shifting over the course of the month.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The father-daughter pair embraced as Verlander started to cry, and the crowd quickly rose to their feet for a standing ovation.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026