get

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Synonyms:: acquire; find, incur, obtain, receive
receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Types:: show 99 types...; hide 99 types...; isolate
obtain in pure form; preisolate
isolate beforehand; get back, win back
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; express, extract, press out
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; ream
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; capture, catch
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; hunt, hunt down, run, track down
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); frog
hunt frogs for food; bag
capture or kill, as in hunting; batfowl
catch birds by temporarily blinding them; rat
catch rats, especially with dogs; ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel, trap
catch in or as if in a trap; come by, come into
obtain, especially accidentally; hit, stumble
encounter by chance; buy, purchase
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; buy back, repurchase
buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; take
buy, select; get
purchase; subscribe, subscribe to, take
receive or obtain regularly; buy out, buy up, take over
take over ownership of; of corporations and companies; pick up
buy casually or spontaneously; buy food, take out
purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; impulse-buy
buy on impulse without proper reflection; charter, engage, hire, lease, rent, take
engage for service under a term of contract; have, receive
get something; come into possession of; take in, take up
accept; hustle
get by trying hard; accept
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee; fence
receive stolen goods; graduate
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; inherit
receive by genetic transmission; turn
get by buying and selling; buy
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; find
obtain through effort or management; glom
seize upon or latch onto something; come upon, enter upon, luck into
take possession of; come up, find, get hold, line up
get something or somebody for a specific purpose; accept, have, take
receive willingly something given or offered; accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community; welcome
accept gladly; honor, honour
accept as pay; adopt, borrow, take over, take up
take up and practice as one's own; obtain
come into possession of; carry
secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); dig up, excavate, turn up
find by digging in the ground; extort, wring from
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; kite
get credit or money by using a bad check; source
get (a product) from another country or business; procure, secure
get by special effort; extract
get despite difficulties or obstacles; take out
obtain by legal or official process; get in, get into
secure a place in a college, university, etc.; eke out, squeeze out
obtain with difficulty; bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge
ask for and get free; be a parasite; derive, gain
obtain; shop
do one's shopping; snag
get by acting quickly and smartly; grab
obtain illegally or unscrupulously; find, recover, regain, retrieve
get or find back; recover the use of; access
obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer; catch
get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; recoup, recover, recuperate
regain or make up for; catch up with, make up
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; reclaim, repossess
claim back; distrain
legally take something in place of a debt payment; foreclose
subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage; find, regain
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; feel
find by testing or cautious exploration; locate, turn up
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike
find unexpectedly; rout out, rout up
get or find by searching; acquire, gain, win
win something through one's efforts; cozen
cheat or trick; bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; eke out, squeeze out
make by laborious and precarious means; profit, turn a profit
make a profit; gain money or materially; rake off
take money from an illegal transaction; bring home, take home
earn as a salary or wage; rake in, shovel in
earn large sums of money; gross
earn before taxes, expenses, etc.; bear, pay, yield
bring in; earn, garner
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions; letter
win an athletic letter; benefit, gain, profit
derive a benefit from; cash in on
take advantage of or capitalize on; profiteer
make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods; capitalise, capitalize, take advantage
draw advantages from; pyramid
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts; clear, net, sack, sack up
make as a net profit; partake, partake in, share
have, give, or receive a share of; cut in
allow someone to have a share or profit; preempt
acquire for oneself before others can do so; preempt
gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land); call for, collect, gather up, pick up
gather or collect; inherit
obtain from someone after their death; borrow
get temporarily; pick up
get in addition, as an increase; get
acquire as a result of some effort or action; poll
get the votes of

enter or assume a certain state or condition

"It must be getting more serious"

Synonyms:: become, go

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; sober, sober up
become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; sober, sober up
become more realistic; work
arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; take effect
go into effect or become effective or operative; run
change from one state to another; take
be seized or affected in a specified way; break
come into being; settle
become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

Type of:: change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Synonyms:: have, let

Type of:: get, make
give certain properties to something

receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Synonyms:: find, incur, obtain, receive; acquire
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Types:: take
ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

"She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

Synonyms:: arrive, come

Antonyms:: leave
go away from a place; go away, go forth; exit, get out, go out
move out of or depart from; depart, pull up stakes
remove oneself from an association with or participation in; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; land, set down
reach or come to rest; alight, light, perch
to come to rest, settle; force-land
make a forced landing; beach
land on a beach; port
land at or reach a port; debark, disembark, set down
go ashore; touch down
come or bring (a plane) to a landing; undershoot
fall short of (the runway) in a landing; belly-land
land on the underside without the landing gear; crash land
make an emergency landing; drive in
arrive by motorcar; bring down, land, put down
cause to come to the ground; land, set ashore, shore
arrive on shore; roll up
arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"; come, come in
be received; attain, hit, reach
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; max out
reach a maximum; break even
attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport; flood in
arrive in great numbers; draw in, get in, move in, pull in
of trains; move into (a station); plump in
arrive suddenly and unannounced

go or come after and bring or take back

Synonyms:: bring, convey, fetch; take
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Antonyms:: take away
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; retrieve
run after, pick up, and bring to the master; retrieve
go for and bring back; deliver
bring to a destination, make a delivery; misdeliver
deliver to the wrong address; process, serve, swear out
deliver a warrant or summons to someone; discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload
leave or unload; consign
send to an address

Type of:: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
send from one person or place to another

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

"get an idea"

"get nauseous"

Synonyms:: experience, have, receive

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; get, have, suffer, sustain
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle; break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown; take
experience or feel or submit to; horripilate
have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

Type of:: undergo
pass through

take vengeance on or get even

"We'll get them!"

Synonyms:: fix, pay back, pay off; pay
make a compensation for

Type of:: get back, get even
take revenge or even out a score

achieve a point or goal

Synonyms:: have, make

Type of:: hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Synonyms:: cause, have, induce, make, stimulate

Types:: show 35 types...; hide 35 types...; decide
cause to decide; persuade
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; hustle
pressure or urge someone into an action; bring around, bring round
cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; badger
persuade through constant efforts; sell
persuade somebody to accept something; chat up
talk to someone with the aim of persuading him; talk into
persuade somebody to do something; rope in
draw in as if with a rope; lure; blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; convert, convince, win over
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; brainwash
persuade completely, often through coercion; assure
assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; charm, influence, tempt
induce into action by using one's charm; prevail
use persuasion successfully; drag
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; tempt
try presumptuously; make, score, seduce
induce to have sex; bring
induce or persuade; solicit
incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; encourage
spur on; let
actively cause something to happen; lead
cause to undertake a certain action; give
guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; inspire, instigate, prompt
serve as the inciting cause of; suborn
induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; compel, obligate, oblige
force somebody to do something; force, thrust
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; walk
make walk; coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; clamor
compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; condemn
compel or force into a particular state or activity; shame
compel through a sense of shame; apply, enforce, implement
ensure observance of laws and rules; enforce, impose
compel to behave in a certain way

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

Synonyms:: capture, catch

Types:: recapture, retake
capture again; lasso, rope
catch with a lasso

Type of:: clutch, prehend, seize
take hold of; grab

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Synonyms:: acquire, develop, grow, produce; evolve
gain through experience

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; feather, fledge
grow feathers; regrow
grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; spring
develop suddenly; sprout, stock
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; stool, tiller
grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers; leaf
produce leaves, of plants; pod
produce pods, of plants; teethe
grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; pupate
develop into a pupa; get up, work up
develop; cut
have grow through the gums

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Synonyms:: contract, take; catch
contract

Types:: catch
contract; catch cold
come down with a cold

Type of:: come down, sicken
get sick

communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

"The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"

Type of:: communicate, intercommunicate
transmit thoughts or feelings

give certain properties to something

"get someone mad"

Synonyms:: make

Types:: render
cause to become; get, have, let
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; leave
act or be so as to become in a specified state

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

move into a desired direction of discourse

Synonyms:: aim, drive

Type of:: intend, mean
mean or intend to express or convey

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

"did you get it?"

"She didn't get the joke"

"I just don't get him"

Synonyms:: catch

Type of:: understand
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

attract and fix

Synonyms:: arrest, catch

Type of:: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

Synonyms:: catch

Type of:: hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

reach by calculation

"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

acquire as a result of some effort or action

"You cannot get water out of a stone"

"Where did she get these news?"

Synonyms:: catch
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

Type of:: acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

purchase

"What did you get at the toy store?"

Type of:: buy, purchase
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

perceive by hearing

"She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

Synonyms:: catch; overhear, take in
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

Type of:: hear
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

suffer from the receipt of

Synonyms:: catch; receive
receive as a retribution or punishment

Type of:: ache, hurt, suffer
feel physical pain

receive as a retribution or punishment

Synonyms:: receive; catch
suffer from the receipt of

leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

Synonyms:: bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, scram

Type of:: go away, go forth, leave
go away from a place

reach and board

Synonyms:: arrive, come
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Type of:: catch
reach in time

irritate

"Her childish behavior really get to me"

"His lying really gets me"

Synonyms:: get under one's skin

Type of:: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

evoke an emotional response

"Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"

Synonyms:: get under one's skin
irritate

Type of:: stir, touch
affect emotionally

apprehend and reproduce accurately

Synonyms:: catch

Type of:: reproduce
recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.

earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

Synonyms:: draw

Type of:: effect, effectuate, set up
produce

overcome or destroy

Type of:: destroy, ruin
destroy completely; damage irreparably

be a mystery or bewildering to

Synonyms:: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; mix up, stump
cause to be perplexed or confounded; riddle
set a difficult problem or riddle; elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; defy, refuse, resist
elude, especially in a baffling way

Type of:: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

"Let's get down to work now"

Synonyms:: begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out

Antonyms:: end
bring to an end or halt; terminate; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; recommence
begin again; strike out
set out on a course of action; fall
begin vigorously; jump off
set off quickly, usually with success; get to
arrive at the point of; auspicate
commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; attack
set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; break in
start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role; launch, plunge
begin with vigor; come on
occur or become available; embark, enter
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); take up
pursue or resume; bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving
start to be active

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Synonyms:: have, suffer, sustain

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; drop like flies
rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers; fall over, go over
fall forward and down; cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle; break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown

Type of:: experience, get, have, receive
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

make children

Synonyms:: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire

Type of:: create, make
make or cause to be or to become

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