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:
Students who attended 10 elite schools accused of price fixing are now getting payments from a $284 million settlement
Jul 20, 2026 Business Insider
Jul 20, 2026 Business Insider
Brewers Get Some Overdue Comeuppance in Game Riddled with Familiar Mistakes
Jul 22, 2026 Brewer Fanatic
Jul 22, 2026 Brewer Fanatic
Shedeur Sanders revealed what fans keep getting wrong about the Browns' QB battle
Jul 21, 2026 Dawg Pound Daily
Jul 21, 2026 Dawg Pound Daily

