get - verb

1. To come into possession of: acquire, come by, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win. Informal land, pick up. See get.
2. To obtain from another source: derive, draw, take. See kin.
3. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort: deserve, earn, gain, merit, win. Informal rate. See get.
4. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase: capture, catch, net, secure, take. Informal bag. Slang nail. See get.
5. To receive, as wages, for one's labor: earn, gain, make, win. Informal pull down. See give. money.
6. To succeed in communicating with: contact, reach. See reach.
7. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, develop, sicken, take. See get.
8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch(on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. See understand.
9. To gain knowledge or mastery of by study: learn, master. Informal pick up. See teach.
10. To be the biological father of: beget, breed, father, procreate, sire. See kin.
11. To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action: have, make. See cause.
12. To leave hastily: bolt, get out, run. Informal clear out, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang hightail, scram, vamoose. See approach.
13. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around or round, convince, induce, persuade, prevail on or upon, sell(on), talk into. See persuasion.
14. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, take, win. Slang cop. See get.
15. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from. affect, impress, move, strike, touch. See touch.
16. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex. See feelings. pain.
17. To come to be: become, come, grow, turn(out), wax. See change.

get across - phrasal verb

1. To make known: break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit. See knowledge.

get ahead - phrasal verb

1. To gain success: arrive, get on, go far, rise, succeed. See thrive.

get along - phrasal verb

1. To live or act together in harmony: get on, harmonize. Informal cotton. See agree.
2. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion: advance, come(along), march, move, proceed, progress. See approach.
3. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Informal make out. See thrive.
4. To grow old: age, get on. See youth.

get around - phrasal verb

1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun. See seek.
2. To become known far and wide: circulate, go around, spread, travel. See knowledge.

get away - phrasal verb

1. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation: abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, run away. Informal skip(out). Slang lam. Regional absquatulate. See free.
2. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run(along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow, split, take off. See approach.

get behind - phrasal verb

1. To aid the cause of by approving or favoring: advocate, back, champion, endorse, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support, uphold. See support.

get by - phrasal verb

1. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get along, manage, muddle through, shift. Informal make out. See thrive.

get in - phrasal verb

1. To come to a particular place: arrive, check in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up. Slang blow in. See start.

get off - phrasal verb

1. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal kick off. See start.
2. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run(along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow, split, take off. See approach.

get on - phrasal verb

1. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on. See put on.
2. To live or act together in harmony: get along, harmonize. Informal cotton. See agree.
3. To gain success: arrive, get ahead, go far, rise, succeed. See thrive.
4. To grow old: age, get along. See youth.

get out - phrasal verb

1. To leave hastily: bolt, run. Informal clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang hightail, scram, vamoose. See approach.
2. To be made public: break, come out, out, transpire. Informal leak(out). See knowledge. show.

get to - phrasal verb

1. To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, come to, gain. Informal hit on or upon. See start.

get together - phrasal verb

1. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, group, muster, round up, summon. See collect.
2. To come together: assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, group, muster. See collect.
3. To come together face-to-face by arrangement: meet, rendezvous. See meet.
4. To come to an understanding or to terms: accord, agree, coincide, concur, harmonize. See agree.

get up - phrasal verb

1. To leave one's bed: arise, pile, rise, roll out. Informal turn out. See rise.
2. To adopt a standing posture: arise, rise, stand(up), uprise, upspring. See rise.

get - noun

1. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: brood, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed. See kin.