Get (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Receive
• Experience
• Have

Hypernyms

• Undergo

Hyponyms

• Suffer
• Sustain
• Horripilate
• Take
• Have

Meaning ²

Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Capture
• Catch

Hypernyms

• Clutch
• Prehend

Hyponyms

• Rope
• Retake

Meaning ³

Enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

• She will get hungry if she doesn't eat lunch soon.
• He'll get nervous before his big speech tonight.
• They will get rich if they can pull off this business deal.
• She got anxious as the doctor prepared the needle for her shot.
• You will get wet if you don't take an umbrella with you on a rainy day.

Synonyms

• Become
• Go

Hypernyms

• Change State
• Turn

Hyponyms

• Break
• Sober Up
• Run
• Settle
• Work
• Take
• Take Effect
• Sober

Related Words

• Get Along (verb)
• Get Ahead (verb)
• Get On (verb)
• Get Over (verb)

Meaning ⁴

Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Let
• Have

Hypernyms

• Get

Meaning ⁵

Suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Catch

Hypernyms

• Suffer
• Hurt

Meaning ⁶

Evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Hypernyms

• Stir

Meaning ⁷

Give certain properties to something; "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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Make

Hypernyms

• Change
• Modify

Hyponyms

• Leave
• Render
• Get
• Have

Meaning ⁸

Acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Hypernyms

• Acquire

Meaning ⁹

Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Obtain
• Incur
• Receive
• Find

Hypernyms

• Change

Hyponyms

• Take

Meaning ¹⁰

Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Drive
• Aim

Hypernyms

• Mean

Meaning ¹¹

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Begin
• Set Out
• Get Down
• Start
• Start Out
• Set About
• Commence

Hyponyms

• Get Moving
• Get To
• Jump Off
• Auspicate
• Break In
• Fall
• Plunge
• Recommence
• Enter
• Launch
• Get Started
• Get Weaving
• Get Cracking
• Attack
• Come On
• Embark
• Bestir Oneself
• Strike Out
• Get Rolling

Meaning ¹²

Achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Make
• Have

Hypernyms

• Rack Up
• Tally
• Score

Meaning ¹³

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "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".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

• She got a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her boyfriend on her birthday.
• The researcher got the data she needed after months of collecting samples.
• You can get a good view of the city from the top of that hill.
• We got our new laptops at a discount during the holiday sale.
• They got a large sum of money from the sale of their old house.

Synonyms

• Acquire

Hyponyms

• Engage
• Come Up
• Extract
• Catch
• Pull In
• Have
• Gain
• Earn
• Share
• Pick Up
• Come Into
• Realize
• Get Back
• Make
• Partake In
• Retrieve
• Garner
• Win
• Come Upon
• Take In
• Purchase
• Clear
• Gather Up
• Charter
• Hire
• Realise
• Regain
• Bring In
• Call For
• Find
• Rent
• Get Hold
• Luck Into
• Benefit
• Express
• Take
• Repossess
• Recoup
• Recuperate

Related Words

• Getting (noun)

Meaning ¹⁴

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

• Arrive
• Come

Hyponyms

• Plump In
• Bring Down
• Move In
• Land
• Roll Up
• Reach
• Pull In
• Draw In
• Drive In
• Attain
• Come
• Flood In
• Shore

Meaning ¹⁵

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Induce
• Cause
• Make
• Stimulate
• Have

Hyponyms

• Inspire
• Compel
• Lead
• Obligate
• Suborn
• Prompt
• Decide
• Oblige
• Bring
• Solicit
• Encourage
• Persuade
• Let
• Instigate

Meaning ¹⁶

Apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Catch

Hypernyms

• Reproduce

Meaning ¹⁷

Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

• Intercommunicate

Meaning ¹⁸

Purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Hypernyms

• Purchase

Related Words

• Getting (noun)

Meaning ¹⁹

Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Convey
• Fetch
• Bring

Hypernyms

• Transmit
• Transport
• Channelise
• Channelize
• Channel

Hyponyms

• Retrieve
• Deliver

Meaning ²⁰

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Grow
• Acquire
• Produce
• Develop

Hypernyms

• Change

Hyponyms

• Spring
• Teethe
• Get Up
• Feather
• Work Up
• Stock
• Sprout
• Pod
• Stool
• Regrow
• Pupate
• Leaf
• Cut
• Fledge
• Tiller

Related Words

• Getting (noun)

Meaning ²¹

Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

• Fuck Off
• Scram
• Buzz Off
• Bugger Off

Hypernyms

• Leave
• Go Away
• Go Forth

Meaning ²²

Receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Receive

Meaning ²³

Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Synonyms

• Pay Back
• Pay Off
• Fix

Hypernyms

• Get Even
• Get Back

Meaning ²⁴

Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

• Perplex
• Bewilder
• Puzzle
• Pose
• Amaze
• Beat
• Flummox
• Stupefy
• Gravel
• Vex
• Mystify
• Baffle
• Stick
• Nonplus
• Dumbfound

Hypernyms

• Fuddle
• Confuse
• Fox
• Bedevil
• Throw
• Discombobulate
• Confound

Hyponyms

• Riddle
• Elude
• Mix Up
• Stump
• Escape

Meaning ²⁵

Perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Catch

Hypernyms

• Hear

Meaning ²⁶

Attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Arrest
• Catch

Hypernyms

• Draw
• Pull
• Attract
• Draw In

Meaning ²⁷

Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "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".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

• Catch

Hypernyms

• Understand

Meaning ²⁸

Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Draw

Hypernyms

• Effect
• Set Up

Meaning ²⁹

Reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Meaning ³⁰

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Contract
• Take

Hypernyms

• Sicken
• Come Down

Hyponyms

• Catch

Meaning ³¹

Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Catch

Meaning ³²

Make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Engender
• Sire
• Mother
• Generate
• Bring Forth
• Father
• Beget

Hypernyms

• Make

Meaning ³³

Reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Meaning ³⁴

Irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Get Under One's Skin

Hypernyms

• Get To
• Get At
• Gravel
• Chafe
• Rag
• Bother
• Nettle
• Vex
• Devil
• Nark
• Irritate
• Rile

Meaning ³⁵

Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "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".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Suffer
• Sustain
• Have

Hypernyms

• Receive
• Experience
• Have

Hyponyms

• Crack
• Crock Up
• Break Down
• Crack Up
• Collapse
• Cramp

Meaning ³⁶

Overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

• Ruin