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Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come into possession of; achieve
Synonyms: access, accomplish, acquire, annex, attain, bag*, bring, bring in, build up, buy off, capture, chalk up*, clear, come by, compass, cop*, draw, earn, educe, effect, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, gain, glean, grab, have, hustle*, inherit, land, make, net, obtain, parlay, pick up, procure, pull, rack up*, realize, reap, receive, score, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, buy into, buy out, cash in on, clean up*, get hands on, lock up, make a buy, make a killing, snap up, snowball, succeed to
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss, pass
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fall victim to
Synonyms: accept, catch, come down with*, contract, receive, sicken, succumb, take, be afflicted with, be given, be smitten by, become infected with, get sick
Antonyms: overtake, overthrow
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: seize
Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, bag*, beat, capture, catch, collar*, defeat, grab, lay hold of, lay one's hands on, nab*, nail*, occupy, overcome, overpower, secure, take, trap
Antonyms: give in, surrender, yield
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come to be
Synonyms: achieve, attain, become, effect, go, grow, realize, run, turn, wax*, come over, develop into
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: acquire, catch, catch on to, comprehend, fathom, figure out, follow, gain, get into one's head, hear, know, learn, look at, memorize, notice, perceive, pick up*, receive, see, take in, work out
Antonyms: misconstrue, misunderstand
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrive
Synonyms: advance, come, converge, land, reach, show, show up, turn up, blow in*, come to, draw near, make it
Antonyms: depart, leave
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: contact for communication
Synonyms: reach, get in touch
Antonyms: lose
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrange, manage desired goal
Synonyms: adjust, contrive, dispose, dress, fit, fix, make, make up, order, prepare, ready, straighten, succeed, wangle*
Antonyms: fail, mismanage
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: convince, induce
Synonyms: beg, bring around, coax, compel, draw, influence, persuade, press, pressure, prompt, provoke, sway, urge, wheedle, argue into, prevail upon, talk into, win over
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have an effect on
Synonyms: affect, amuse, arouse, bend, bias, carry, dispose, entertain, excite, gratify, impress, influence, inspire, move, predispose, prompt, satisfy, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, touch, stir up
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: produce offspring
Synonyms: beget, breed, generate, procreate, produce, propagate, sire
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn, exasperate, gall, get someone's goat, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out*, rile, rub the wrong way*, try, vex
Antonyms: calm, please, soothe
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: baffle, beat, bewilder, confound, discomfit, disconcert, distress, disturb, embarrass, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, puzzle, stick*, stump, upset, buffalo
Antonyms: understand
Main Entry: abscond
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: run away, depart secretly
Synonyms: beat it*, bolt*, break, clear out*, decamp, disappear, escape, fade*, flee, get, jump*, leave, make off, pull out, quit, scram*, skedaddle*, slip, split*, take off*, vamoose*, vanish, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, go AWOL, go south, hightail, make a break, make scarce, run off, skip out, sneak away, steal away
Antonyms: abide, continue, endure, remain, stay, stop, yield, give up
Main Entry: achieve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Synonyms: accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through
Notes: achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss
Main Entry: acquire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obtain or receive
Synonyms: access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop*, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of
Antonyms: fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield
Main Entry: annoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset
Synonyms: abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on
Antonyms: aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy
Main Entry: attain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: achieve, accomplish
Synonyms: acquire, arrive, bring off, come through, complete, cop*, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get*, grasp, hit, obtain, procure, promote, pull off*, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win, accede to, arrive at, get fat, get hands on, get there, glom onto, latch onto, make it
Antonyms: abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, lose, miss, surrender, give up
Main Entry: beget
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create, bear
Synonyms: afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, give rise to, progenerate, result in
Main Entry: bring around
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: convince, induce
Synonyms: argue, convert, draw, get, indoctrinate, persuade, prompt, prove, prevail upon, talk into, win over
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