GOT UP Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

got up

verb

past tense of get up

as in rolled 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 clothed

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

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as in summoned

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 got up Barkov remained down for a few moments, then got up and headed toward the tunnel leading to the Florida dressing room. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Now, Entertainment Weekly looks back at what the cast of The Love Boat got up to after their years at sea. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the Saloon without a backwards glance. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 People didn’t even have the apps on their phones back then, but as social media grew, people got up to speed with it. — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Treadwell got up and was smoked by the Chiefs’ Nohl Williams. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The officer fell to the ground and immediately got up and worked to apprehend the suspects, according to police and video of the incident released by police. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Upon seeing things turn physical, Mejia, who is a retired New Jersey police officer, got up and Olenick followed. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 The woman got up on their table and gleefully pretended to tap dance, drawing an amused crowd of onlookers. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The retail concept, which has been in test phase, will be rolled out beginning in the fourth quarter.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Viewers began to complain of superhero fatigue as more and more new series debuted on Disney+ and still more films rolled out.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of rolled out

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The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and graying hair.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Much like Olivia Colman for Miu Miu’s spring 2027 show, Lyonne embodied the brand’s spirit, clad in the designer’s pieces from head to heel.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of clothed

Verb

For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

There was music and singing, but we were dressed in gowns and tuxedos and then did militant poetry.

— Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Swedish architect Martin Brudnizki dressed it in bold Art Deco and an electric color palette that doesn't apologize for existing on Sunset Boulevard.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dressed

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More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of gathered

Verb

In the middle of the night, as the floodwaters were rising, the dog woke her by shaking water off herself, giving the family enough time to climb a ladder onto the roof of their home just minutes before it was completely flooded.

— Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of woke

Verb

When Arizona removed Medicaid patients' access to podiatrists, diabetic foot infection hospital admissions increased 38 percent, hospital stays grew 29 percent, and charges rose 45 percent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Election runoff in Brazil Senator Flavio Bolsonaro rose to a surprise lead over leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026