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Synonyms for get at

22 synonyms
1 antonym
3 meanings

verb

Most common

get to bother devil gravel drive at access reach

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Get to

get to, bother, devil, annoy, gravel, rag, irritate, vex, nettle, narc, rile, chafe

2. Have at — to begin working on or dealing with

have at, come at, get on

3. Find out

find out, determine, ascertain

Other

mean, reach, drive at, access

Antonyms

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Definitions

v. 1
To begin working on or dealing with.
Stop procrastinating on your work and get at it!
v. 2
To manage to gain access to.
I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can't get at it.
v. 3
To understand or ascertain by investigation.
We need to get at the root cause of all this.

Related words

Word family: get-at-able

Example sentences

bother I didn't want to bother Tom while he was studying.
devil Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.
gravel Tom walked down the gravel road towards his farm.
access Sami doesn't have access to those e-mails anymore.

By length

3 letters: rag¹, vex¹
4 letters: mean¹, narc¹, rile¹
5 letters: reach¹, devil², annoy², chafe¹
6 letters: access², bother², gravel², nettle²
8 letters: irritate³
9 letters: determine³, ascertain³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devil² = 2 syllables).