GOT ALONG Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

got along

verb

past tense of get along

as in coped

to meet one's day-to-day needs most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night

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as in progressed

to move forward along a course the preparations for the party are getting along just fine

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Recent Examples of got along Whether that announcement is marriage- or pickleball-related remains to be seen, but not everyone coming back together got along in the Big Brother house, so how does Chen Moonves feel about Jason De Puy and Kamu Kirk being reunited? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 Happily, Yarberry got along well with Doris and her husband, Jon Worrell. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 The children were all very close and everyone got along, with their parents remaining amicable even after having divorced, according to Mercer. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 But for the most part Cubs and Sox fans got along and treated each other with mutual respect. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Both teams then got along just fine after practice with several players from each team spending time together. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Despite evidence that the two got along well enough, rumors spread in Vienna after Mozart’s death that Salieri had poisoned him. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 My family got along with her fine. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026 He was known as a role model, with a positive personality, and got along with anybody. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got along

Verb

The countries that coped best were not always those with the most energy resources.

— Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Kaia recently opened up about how her family coped with her brother’s addiction struggles in a Vogue interview.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of coped

Verb

Those five goals came on 14 shots, the last from the left point by Hedman that somehow got by Hart late in the second.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
State police said all northbound lanes of the Bishop Ford were shut down after the crash, but traffic still got by on the right shoulder.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of got by

Verb

Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence.

— Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
No one in the city has turned to the Sixers for salvation for years, accustomed to a process that never proceeded.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeded

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Fans of Princess Aiko, the emperor’s sole daughter, have marched in Japan’s streets in recent weeks in support of her eligibility to become empress.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
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