Get definition

Get as a verb

1. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

   "Get your results the next day"

   Same sense: acquire

2. enter or assume a certain state or condition

   "It must be getting more serious"

   Same sense: go, become

3. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

   Same sense: have, let

4. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

   Same sense: find, receive, obtain, incur

5. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

   "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

   Same sense: come, arrive

6. go or come after and bring or take back

   "Get me those books over there, please"

   Same sense: bring, convey, fetch

7. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

   "get an idea"

   Same sense: have, experience, receive

8. take vengeance on or get even

   "We'll get them!"

   Same sense: pay back, pay off, fix

9. achieve a point or goal

   Same sense: have, make

10. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

    Same sense: have, make, cause, stimulate, induce

11. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

    Same sense: catch, capture

12. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

    Same sense: grow, produce, develop, acquire

13. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

    Same sense: take, contract

14. communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

    "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"

15. give certain properties to something

    "get someone mad"

    Same sense: make

16. move into a desired direction of discourse

    Same sense: drive, aim

17. grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

    "did you get it?"

    Same sense: catch

18. attract and fix

    Same sense: catch, arrest

19. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

    Same sense: catch

20. reach by calculation

    "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

21. acquire as a result of some effort or action

    "You cannot get water out of a stone"

22. purchase

    "What did you get at the toy store?"

23. perceive by hearing

    "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

    Same sense: catch

24. suffer from the receipt of

    Same sense: catch

25. receive as a retribution or punishment

    Same sense: receive

26. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

    Same sense: fuck off, buzz off, bugger off, scram

27. reach and board

28. irritate

    "Her childish behavior really gets to me"

29. evoke an emotional response

    "Brahms's ‘Requiem’ gets me every time"

30. apprehend and reproduce accurately

    Same sense: catch

31. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

    Same sense: draw

32. overcome or destroy

33. be a mystery or bewildering to

    Same sense: beat, stick, pose, puzzle, gravel, amaze, vex, baffle

34. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

    "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"

    Same sense: get down, start, set about, set out, start out, begin, commence

35. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

    Same sense: have, suffer, sustain

36. make (offspring) by reproduction

    Same sense: father, mother, bring forth, generate, sire, engender, beget

Get as a noun

37. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

Synonyms and antonyms

• acquire
• go definition
• become definition
• have
• let definition
• find definition
• receive
• obtain
• incur
• come definition
• arrive
• bring definition
• convey
• fetch
• experience definition
• pay back
• pay off
• fix
• make definition
• cause definition
• stimulate
• induce
• catch
• capture

All synonyms of get, sense by sense

How to say get

Get has 1 syllable and rhymes with let. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with get

• let
• set
• yet
• met
• forget
• bet
• net
• debt
• et
• upset
• threat
• wet

All 97 words that rhyme with get

GET in word games

Scrabble

4

Words With Friends

5

Anagrams

1

Is GET a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GET in the word checker, or unscramble GET to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.