get
1 achieve, acquire, attain, bag, bring, come by, come into possession of, earn, fall heir to, fetch, gain, glean, inherit, land, make, net, obtain, pick up, procure, realize, reap, receive, score (slang) secure, succeed to, win
2 be afflicted with, become infected with, be smitten by, catch, come down with, contract, fall victim to, take
3 arrest, capture, collar (informal) grab, lay hold of, nab (informal) nail (informal) seize, take, trap
4 become, come to be, grow, turn, wax
5 catch, comprehend, fathom, follow, get the picture, hear, notice, perceive, see, suss (out) (slang) take in, understand, work out
6 arrive, come, make it (informal) reach
7 arrange, contrive, fix, manage, succeed, wangle (informal)
8 coax, convince, induce, influence, persuade, prevail upon, sway, talk into, wheedle, win over
9 communicate with, contact, get in touch with, reach
10 (informal) affect, arouse, excite, have an effect on, impact on, impress, move, stimulate, stir, touch, tug at (someone's) heartstrings (often facetious)
11 (informal) annoy, bother, bug (informal) gall, get (someone's) goat (slang) irk, irritate, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) pique, rub (someone) up the wrong way, upset, vex
12 baffle, confound, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stump
get across
1 cross, ford, negotiate, pass over, traverse
2 bring home to, communicate, convey, get (something) through to, impart, make clear or understood, put over, transmit
get ahead
1 advance, be successful, cut it (informal) do well, flourish, get on, make good, make one's mark, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive
2 excel, leave behind, outdo, outmanoeuvre, overtake, surpass
get along
1 agree, be compatible, be friendly, get on, harmonize, hit it off (informal)
2 cope, develop, fare, get by (informal) make out (informal) manage, progress, shift
3 be off, depart, get on one's bike (Brit. slang) go, go away, go to hell (informal) leave, make tracks, move off, sling one's hook (Brit. slang) slope off
get at
1 acquire, attain, come to grips with, gain access to, get, get hold of, reach
2 hint, imply, intend, lead up to, mean, suggest
3 annoy, attack, be on one's back (slang) blame, carp, criticize, find fault with, hassle (informal) irritate, nag, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) pick on, put the boot into (slang) taunt
4 bribe, buy off, corrupt, influence, suborn, tamper with
get away
abscond, break free, break out, decamp, depart, disappear, escape, flee, leave, make good one's escape, slope off
get back
1 recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retrieve
2 arrive home, come back or home, return, revert, revisit
3 (with)
at be avenged, get even with, get one's own back, give tit for tat, hit back, retaliate, settle the score with, take vengeance on
get by
1 circumvent, get ahead of, go around, go past, overtake, pass, round
2 (informal) contrive, cope, exist, fare, get along, keep one's head above water, make both ends meet, manage, subsist, survive
get down
1 alight, bring down, climb down, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, lower, step down
2 bring down, depress, dishearten, dispirit
get in
alight, appear, arrive, collect, come, embark, enter, include, infiltrate, insert, interpose, land, make inroads (into), mount, penetrate
get off
1 alight, depart, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, leave
2 detach, remove, shed, take off
get on
1 ascend, board, climb, embark, mount
2 advance, cope, cut it (informal) fare, get along, make out (informal) manage, progress, prosper, succeed
3 agree, be compatible, be friendly, concur, get along, harmonize, hit it off (informal)
get out
alight, break out, clear out (informal) decamp, escape, evacuate, extricate oneself, free oneself, leave, vacate, withdraw
get out of
avoid, body-swerve (Scot.) dodge, escape, evade, shirk
get over
1 cross, ford, get across, pass, pass over, surmount, traverse
2 come round, get better, mend, pull through, rally, recover from, revive, survive
3 defeat, get the better of, master, overcome, shake off
4 communicate, convey, get or put across, impart, make clear or understood
get round
1 bypass, circumvent, edge, evade, outmanoeuvre, skirt
2 (informal) cajole, coax, convert, persuade, prevail upon, talk round, wheedle, win over
get together
accumulate, assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, gather, join, meet, muster, rally, unite
get-together
celebration, conference, do (informal) function, gabfest (informal, chiefly U.S.) gathering, jolly (Brit. informal) knees-up (Brit. informal) meeting, party, reception, social
get up
arise, ascend, climb, increase, mount, rise, scale, stand