GET ON Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

get on

verb

Definition of get on

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on

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as in to do

to move forward along a course find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign

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Recent Examples of get on At one point, Prum got on his hands and knees and Ross mounted and rode him slowly like a horse, looking existentially appalled. — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026 Mississippi State got on the board later in the third on back-to-back trick plays. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 So my wife and I are getting on a plane, leaving our three children with a babysitter, and praying war won’t break out and strand us. — Jonathan Dekel, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 There are some creative jobs that need a little more tactile attention than their creators can get on a laptop, but a phone screen is just way too small. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on

Verb

With financing costs still elevated, many car buyers are taking on larger loans and extending repayment terms to cope with affordability challenges, according to Edmunds.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Sellers who have the option to pull their listing off the market are generally doing so.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Preparing for the holiday surge Dykes measures progress beyond margins and operating leverage, tracking whether priority customers account for a growing share of volume, operations become more productive, and service quality remains strong.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Among those with type 2 diabetes, 40% progressed from diabetes to prediabetes and another 40% no longer met the criteria for diabetes, according to the researcher.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

Trump proceeded to defend the White House renovation for an additional five-odd minutes before delivering Obama a message directly.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Officials with a state hospital previously found Brown incapable to proceed in both state and federal cases against him in the August 2025 stabbing.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

The two candidates finalized the arguments of their campaigns on Saturday, as Lula marched along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach, while Bolsonaro campaigned in a key battleground state.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026
Taking their cue from Spaniards, protesters in Lisbon who have been gathering to demand affordable housing are expected to march across the city on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026