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Synonyms for get

65 synonyms
3 antonyms
4 meanings

verb

Most common

have find come by acquire start set out receive come

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Have — to obtain; to acquire

have, find, acquire, come by, obtain, realize, realise UK, reach, see, gain, earn, win, achieve, persuade, learn, procure, gather, collect, succeed, reap, attain dated

2. Go — to go, to leave; to scram

go, set out, start, put out, go out, start out, go away, leave, beat it, buzz off, set about, burn up, make tracks, bother, scram, remove, fuck off vulgar slang, bugger off vulgar informal UK IE, hit the road slang

3. Take — to receive

take, receive, take in, lay hold of, accept, secure, lay hands on

4. Come — to become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and…

come, become, turn into, turn, grow, turn to, fall

Other

make, bring, catch, come down with, pay back, arrive at, beat, let, be able to, would like, generate, pull

Antonyms

give, lose, please

All antonyms of get →

Definitions

v. 1
To obtain; to acquire.
Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
v. 2
To receive.
He got a severe reprimand for that.
v. 3
To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
I'm going out to get drunk.
v. 4
To go, to leave; to scram.

Related words

Word family: get-at-able get-go get-nothing gettable get-there-ativeness get-together get-up-and-go getup
Phrases: get-up get down get it on get on get off get-out get rid of get through

Forms

Past participle: getten
e.g. getten → acquired, obtained, realized, reached…

Choose the right word

Get, Earns, Earned or Earning?

A person earns what he gives an equivalent of labor for, tho he may not get it. On the other hand, he may get what he has not earned; the temptation to all dishonesty is the desire to get a living or a fortune without earning it.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

have You need not have helped my son with his homework.
find Everywhere you go, you will find the same scenery.
acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
start As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
get		rising
have		steady
find		rising
acquire		steady
start		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: go¹
3 letters: see¹, let¹, win¹
4 letters: have¹, make¹, take¹, find¹, come¹, turn¹, fall¹, beat¹, grow¹, gain¹, pull¹, earn¹, reap¹
5 letters: start¹, leave¹, bring¹, learn¹, reach¹, catch¹, scram¹
6 letters: become², accept², remove², secure², obtain², bother², gather², attain²
7 letters: realize³, receive², achieve², collect², realise³, succeed², acquire³, procure²
8 letters: generate³, persuade²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (become² = 2 syllables).