Go definition

Go as a verb

1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

   "How fast does your new car go?"

   Same sense: move, travel, locomote

2. follow a procedure or take a course

   "We should go farther in this matter"

   Same sense: move, proceed

3. move away from a place into another direction

   "Go away before I start to cry"

   Same sense: go away, depart

4. enter or assume a certain state or condition

   "Get going!"

   Same sense: get, become

5. be awarded; be allotted

   "The first prize goes to Mary"

6. have a particular form

   "as the saying goes …"

   Same sense: run

7. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

   "His knowledge doesn't go very far"

   Same sense: run, lead, pass, extend

8. follow a certain course

   "how did your interview go?"

   Same sense: proceed

9. be abolished or discarded

   "These ugly billboards have to go!"

10. be or continue to be in a certain condition

11. make a certain noise or sound

    Same sense: sound

12. perform as expected when applied

    "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"

    Same sense: work, run, function, operate

13. to be spent or finished

    "The money had gone after a few days"

    Same sense: run short, run low

14. progress by being changed

    "The speech has to go through several more drafts"

    Same sense: run, move

15. continue to live and avoid dying

    Same sense: last, live, live on, hold out, hold up, survive, endure

16. pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action

    "How is it going?"

17. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

    Same sense: die, pass, pass away, pop off, drop dead, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, exit

18. be in the right place or situation

    "Let's put health care where it belongs — under the control of the government"

    Same sense: belong

19. be ranked or compare

    "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"

20. begin or set in motion

    "Ready, set, go!"

    Same sense: get going, start

21. have a turn; make one's move in a game

    "Can I go now?"

    Same sense: move

22. be contained in

    "How many times does 18 go into 54?"

23. be sounded, played, or expressed

    "How does this song go again?"

24. blend or harmonize

    "This sofa won't go with the chairs"

    Same sense: blend in, blend

25. lead, extend, or afford access

    "This door goes to the basement"

    Same sense: lead

26. be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

    Same sense: fit

27. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

    Same sense: rifle

28. be spent

29. give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

    Same sense: plump

30. stop operating or functioning

    Same sense: give out, give way, go bad, break, break down, die, fail, conk out

Go as a noun

31. a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

    "it's my go"

    Same sense: turn, tour, spell

32. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

    Same sense: hug drug, ecstasy, disco biscuit, cristal

33. a usually brief attempt

    Same sense: offer, pass, crack, fling, whirl

34. a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

    Same sense: go game

Go as an adjective

35. functioning correctly and ready for action

    "all systems are go"

Synonyms and antonyms

• move definition
• travel
• locomote
• proceed
• go away
• depart
• get definition
• become definition
• run definition
• lead definition
• pass
• extend
• sound definition
• work definition
• function
• operate
• run short
• run low
• last definition
• live definition
• live on
• hold out
• hold up
• survive

Opposites: come, no-go.

All synonyms of go, sense by sense

How to say go

Go has 1 syllable and rhymes with so. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with go

• so
• no
• know
• show
• though
• oh
• ago
• low
• although
• below
• tomorrow
• radio

GO in word games

Scrabble

3

Words With Friends

4

Anagrams

0

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