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getting - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | getting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of procuring |
| Synonyms: | catching, grasping, pursuing, securing, winning, appropriating, assimilating, capturing, clutching, confiscating, earning, gaining, mastering, obtaining, seizing, snatching, taking |
| Antonyms: | giving up, losing, abandoning |
| Main Entry: | getting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of changing |
| Synonyms: | becoming, growing, accepting, altering, submitting to, succumbing |
| Antonyms: | refusal, rejecting, throwing off |
| 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: | attainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, finish, fulfillment, getting, procurement, reaching, realization, securing, winning, acquirement, gaining, obtaining, reaping, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | buying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purchasing |
| Synonyms: | getting, procuring, shopping, transaction, acquiring, obtaining, ordering |
| Antonyms: | selling |
| Main Entry: | receiving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taking |
| Synonyms: | drawing, gathering, getting, making, accepting, acquiring, bringing in, collecting, earning, inheriting |
| Antonyms: | giving, awarding, disbursing |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, getting, go-ahead*, green light*, nod*, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, undertaking, yes, accepting, acquiring, gaining, obtaining, taking on |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissent, refusal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | receipt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of goods |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accession, acquisition, admission, arrival, getting, receiving, reception, acquiring, admitting, intaking, recipience, taking |
| Notes: | a receipt is a written acknowledgment that payment has been made, while a recipe is a set of directions for making something |
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