GETTING UP Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

getting up

verb

Definition of getting up next

present participle of get up

as in rolling out

to leave one's bed you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning

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as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes all got up in her Sunday best

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as in summoning

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply

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Recent Examples of getting up Cons But getting up early to work out can also present issues. —

Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026 And for supervising sound editor Al Nelson, now Oscar-nominated for his work on the film, that meant getting up close and personal to the powerful cars whizzing around corners on the tracks. —

Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 Instead, shifting, squatting, perching, and getting up and down were far more common in everyday life. —

Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026 Don’t forget to provide extra help getting up there if your cat is older or has achy, stiff joints. —

Cody Godwin, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026 Video surveillance showed the victim leaving his backpack at a table before getting up to speak with an employee at the restaurant counter, according to the probable cause statement. —

Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026 But getting up to speed quickly is likely to prove challenging for Uber, Greenberger told CBS News. —

Katherine Moynihan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Kuminga briefly sat down in a courtside chair on the baseline before getting up and walking to the free throw line. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026 Robyn can be seen getting up from her table and stepping outside the reception room to talk to the officers. —

Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026

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The French chef — who has spent the past five years as the culinary director for the restaurant group behind Georgie, Knox Bistro, Le Bilboquet and others — is now fully at the restaurant’s helm and is rolling out a new menu, which will reshape Georgie into a destination for French cuisine.

— Claire Ballor Staff Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
New York and California have recently rolled back environmental regulations for builders, but Colorado is rolling out its new energy mandates in July.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026