Synonyms for (noun) get
Synonyms: get
Definition: a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Similar words: return
Definition: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Usage: he won the point on a cross-court return
Synonyms for (verb) get
Synonyms: mother, generate, father, engender, sire, get, bring forth, beget
Definition: make children
Usage: Abraham begot Isaac; Men often father children but don’t recognize them
Similar words: make, create
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one’s office; create a furor
Synonyms: have, get, suffer, sustain
Definition: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Usage: She suffered a fracture in the accident; He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars; She got a bruise on her leg; He got his arm broken in the scuffle
Similar words: receive, experience, get, have
Definition: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Usage: get an idea; experience vertigo; get nauseous; receive injuries; have a feeling
Synonyms: take, contract, get
Definition: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Usage: He got AIDS; She came down with pneumonia; She took a chill
Similar words: sicken, come down
Definition: get sick
Usage: She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Synonyms: grow, get, acquire, produce, develop
Definition: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Usage: He grew a beard; The patient developed abdominal pains; I got funny spots all over my body; Well-developed breasts
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: make, get
Definition: give certain properties to something
Usage: get someone mad; She made us look silly; He made a fool of himself at the meeting; Don’t make this into a big deal; This invention will make you a millionaire; Make yourself clear
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: get, have, let
Definition: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
Usage: He got his squad on the ball; This let me in for a big surprise; He got a girl into trouble
Similar words: make, get
Definition: give certain properties to something
Usage: get someone mad; She made us look silly; He made a fool of himself at the meeting; Don’t make this into a big deal; This invention will make you a millionaire; Make yourself clear
Synonyms: become, go, get
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: incur, get, obtain, receive, find
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Usage: These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation; His movie received a good review; I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: catch, get
Definition: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
Usage: did you catch that allusion?; We caught something of his theory in the lecture; don’t catch your meaning; did you get it?; She didn’t get the joke; I just don’t get him
Similar words: understand
Definition: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Usage: She did not understand her husband; I understand what she means
Synonyms: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me–I don’t know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Similar words: throw, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle
Definition: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Usage: These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonyms: aim, drive, get
Definition: move into a desired direction of discourse
Usage: What are you driving at?
Similar words: intend, mean
Definition: mean or intend to express or convey
Usage: You never understand what I mean!; what do his words intend?
Synonyms: get
Definition: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
Usage: Bill called this number and he got Mary; The operator couldn’t get Kobe because of the earthquake
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Synonyms: get, fix, pay back, pay off
Definition: take vengeance on or get even
Usage: We’ll get them!; That’ll fix him good!; This time I got him
Similar words: get back, get even
Definition: take revenge or even out a score
Usage: I cannot accept the defeat–I want to get even
Synonyms: capture, catch, get
Definition: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Usage: We finally got the suspect; Did you catch the thief?
Similar words: prehend, seize, clutch
Definition: take hold of; grab
Usage: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter; She clutched her purse; The mother seized her child by the arm; Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Synonyms: get, catch
Definition: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Usage: the rock caught her in the back of the head; The blow got him in the back; The punch caught him in the stomach
Similar words: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Synonyms: convey, get, fetch, bring
Definition: go or come after and bring or take back
Usage: Get me those books over there, please; Could you bring the wine?; The dog fetched the hat
Similar words: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
Definition: send from one person or place to another
Usage: transmit a message
Synonyms: arrest, get, catch
Definition: attract and fix
Usage: His look caught her; She caught his eye; Catch the attention of the waiter
Similar words: draw, draw in, pull, pull in, attract
Definition: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Usage: Her good looks attract the stares of many men; The ad pulled in many potential customers; This pianist pulls huge crowds; The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
Synonyms: get
Definition: overcome or destroy
Usage: The ice storm got my hibiscus; the cat got the goldfish
Similar words: ruin, destroy
Definition: destroy completely; damage irreparably
Usage: You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!; The tears ruined her make-up
Synonyms: draw, get
Definition: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Usage: He drew a base on balls
Similar words: set up, effect, effectuate
Definition: produce
Usage: The scientists set up a shock wave
Synonyms: catch, get
Definition: apprehend and reproduce accurately
Usage: She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings; She got the mood just right in her photographs
Similar words: reproduce
Definition: recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.
Usage: this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well; He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait
Synonyms: get
Definition: evoke an emotional response
Usage: Brahms’s `Requiem’ gets me every time
Similar words: touch, stir
Definition: affect emotionally
Usage: A stirring movie; I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Synonyms: get, get under one’s skin
Definition: irritate
Usage: Her childish behavior really get to me; His lying really gets me
Similar words: devil, irritate, get at, get to, gravel, rag, rile, bother, chafe, annoy, nark, nettle, vex
Definition: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Usage: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me; It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Synonyms: get
Definition: reach and board
Usage: She got the bus just as it was leaving
Similar words: catch
Definition: reach in time
Usage: I have to catch a train at 7 o’clock
Synonyms: scram, bugger off, buzz off, get, fuck off
Definition: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Usage: Scram!
Similar words: leave, go away, go forth
Definition: go away from a place
Usage: At what time does your train leave?; She didn’t leave until midnight; The ship leaves at midnight
Synonyms: receive, experience, get, have
Definition: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Usage: get an idea; experience vertigo; get nauseous; receive injuries; have a feeling
Similar words: undergo
Definition: pass through
Usage: The chemical undergoes a sudden change; The fluid undergoes shear; undergo a strange sensation
Synonyms: catch, get
Definition: suffer from the receipt of
Usage: She will catch hell for this behavior!
Similar words: ache, hurt, suffer
Definition: feel physical pain
Usage: Were you hurting after the accident?
Synonyms: get, catch
Definition: perceive by hearing
Usage: I didn’t catch your name; She didn’t get his name when they met the first time
Similar words: hear
Definition: perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
Synonyms: get
Definition: purchase
Usage: What did you get at the toy store?
Similar words: purchase, buy
Definition: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Usage: The family purchased a new car; The conglomerate acquired a new company; She buys for the big department store
Synonyms: make, have, get
Definition: achieve a point or goal
Usage: Nicklaus had a 70; The Brazilian team got 4 goals; She made 29 points that day
Similar words: hit, tally, rack up, score
Definition: gain points in a game
Usage: The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season
Synonyms: get
Definition: acquire as a result of some effort or action
Usage: You cannot get water out of a stone; Where did she get these news?
Similar words: acquire, get
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work