Synonyms for get by
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Make do
make do informal, get on, get along, deal, manage, cope, scratch a living, muddle through, contend, grapple
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
Do you think they can get by on only one salary?
Example sentences
- deal The wholesalers might try to back out of the deal.
- manage Tom took a class to learn how to manage his anger.
By length
- 4 letters
- deal1, cope1
- 6 letters
- escape2, manage2
- 7 letters
- contend2, grapple2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (escape2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- se débrouiller
- Italiano
- arrangiarsi
- Deutsch
- zurechtkommen