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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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