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 Travel Chin-Hong doesn’t dread getting on a plane or visiting a new part of the world. — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 At Sam’s Club, classic comfort food has never been simpler to get on the dinner table. — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2026 To help build that picture, Heinzerling and team got on court with Nadal, with camera operators dodging tennis balls and sliding and capturing moments of Nadal with his young son and wife at home. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026 Coleman and Powell both got on campus this winter, two of about 40 players to arrive a semester early. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on

Verb

Humor is also one of the best, least self-destructive coping mechanisms for pain and depression…not to get too serious.

— Lisa Hanawalt, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2026
That’s because trying to cope with the blockade would lead to dangerous spillover effects.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

Vandenberg was one of the better skaters in the 2026 draft class, with the quick-twitch feet to project to get by a lot of NHL defensemen.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Both severe flooding and power outages plagued Hoboken late into the evening as drivers struggled to get by along Willow Street.

— Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of get by

Verb

The drilling pilot project was progressing but then came a new dispute with the government over a permit—or lack thereof—to recently move drilling equipment to the region.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
While there will always be clamour and excitement over new signings, the feeling across a club when a youngster can progress through the ranks and become a player that identifies with the thousands that watch him in the stadium is unquantifiable.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

Two label departures in three days, both accompanied by explicit reassurances that TWICE group activities will continue unchanged, suggest the transition is proceeding as planned rather than as a rupture.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
If Tennessee and Alabama proceed Thursday, six states will have put prisoners to death in 2026.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

Days later, thousands of grieving students marched through Beijing, calling for a more democratic government in Hu’s honor.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The two women performing a song flee to safety as Montes reaches the bimah, spins around and marches back down the aisle, this time escorted from behind by a security guard, while furiously pounding the air with his fist and ranting.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of march

Verb

Some come for the high-octane DJs at Shellona or the all-day revelry of Nikki Beach; others swear by the legendary glamour of Le Club 55 or the festive energy of Casa Amor.

— Lanie Goodman, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Over the coming months, avionics, scientific instruments and thermal insulation will gradually transform the frame into the flying science laboratory destined for the outer solar system.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026