getting
Definitions
Noun
- The act of acquiring something
Verb
- Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- Enter or assume a certain state or condition
- Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- Go or come after and bring or take back
- Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- Take vengeance on or get even
- Achieve a point or goal
- Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- Give certain properties to something
- Move into a desired direction of discourse
- Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- Attract and fix
- Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- Reach by calculation
- Acquire as a result of some effort or action
- Purchase
- Perceive by hearing
- Suffer from the receipt of
- Receive as a retribution or punishment
- Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- Reach and board
- Irritate
- Evoke an emotional response
- Apprehend and reproduce accurately
- Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- Overcome or destroy
- Be a mystery or bewildering to
- Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- Make children
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "getting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | getting | 2 | 164 |
| 2 | forgetting | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | begetting | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | gettinger | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | gettings | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "getting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growing | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | giving | 2 | 96 |
| 3 | gaining | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | glowing | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | guiding | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | gazing | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | guessing | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | agreeing | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | graying | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | gouging | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | gaping | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | galling | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | gaming | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | gassing | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | gearing | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | goering | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | greying | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | gunning | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | gabbing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | gadding | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | ganging | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | garing | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | gating | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | gatting | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | gauging | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | gawking | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | geeting | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | gehling | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | gehring | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | gering | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | gerling | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | gigging | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | girding | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | goading | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | godding | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | goding | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | goehring | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | goetting | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | gooding | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | goofing | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | goring | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | gushing | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | gutting | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "getting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | setting | 2 | 60 |
| 2 | letting | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | forgetting | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | betting | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | wetting | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | petting | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | netting | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | jetting | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | gettin' | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | goetting | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | gettings | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | gettinger | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | begetting | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | vetting | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | oetting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | gutting | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | geeting | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | gatting | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | fetting | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | regretting | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "getting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | getting the | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "getting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "getting" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | even | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 37
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 43
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Syracuse woman fights medical billing error after getting charged twice for one visit
Mar 14, 2026 KSL TV 5
Mar 14, 2026 KSL TV 5

