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Antonyms for be getting
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : bih-get |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɛt |
- abort
- act
- avoid
- be unproductive
- break
- calculate
- calm
- close
- conceal
- conclude
- confine
- confuse
- consume
- crush
- decrease
- demolish
- demote
- deny
- depart
- deplete
- derange
- destroy
- destruction
- die
- diminish
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- discourage
- dismantle
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- dissuade
- divide
- dodge
- dull
- end
- evade
- exclude
- fade
- fail
- finish
- give in
- give up
- halt
- hide
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- keep
- kill
- lack
- lay bare
- leave
- lessen
- lose
- measure
- misconstrue
- mismanage
- miss
- misunderstand
- mother
- need
- neglect
- not produce
- oppose
- overtake
- overthrow
- pass
- play
- please
- prevent
- raze
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- refute
- renounce
- repress
- result
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- shrink
- shrivel
- shun
- soothe
- stop
- surrender
- take
- tell truth
- terminate
- throw away
- uncover
- understand
- veto
- wait
- want
- withdraw
- withhold
- wreck
- yield
Definition of be getting
Origin :- Old English begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize" (class V strong verb, past tense begeat, past participle begeaton), from be- + get (v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from c.1200. Related to Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; begotten.
- As in procreation : noun reproduction
- As in generation : noun creation, production
- As in make : verb create, build
- As in procreate : verb reproduce
- As in produce : verb generate, create
- As in produce : verb cause, effect
- As in propagate : verb breed, reproduce
- As in reproduce : verb make something new; give birth
- As in bear : verb give birth
- As in beget : verb create, bear
- As in breed : verb generate, bring into being
- As in bring about : verb cause success
- As in create : verb develop in mind or physically
- As in engender : verb cause to happen; cause an action
- As in father : verb sire
- As in fertilize : verb make ready to bear, produce
- As in generate : verb produce, create
- As in get : verb produce offspring
- As in have : verb bring into the world
Synonyms for be getting
- accomplish
- achieve
- actualize
- adjust
- afford
- arouse
- arrange
- assemble
- author
- be delivered of
- bear
- bearing
- beget
- begetting
- blossom
- breed
- breeding
- brew
- bring
- bring about
- bring forth
- bring into being
- bring into existence
- bring out
- bring to pass
- bringing forth
- build
- cause
- cause to be
- coin
- come through
- compass
- compose
- compost
- conceive
- conception
- concoct
- constitute
- construct
- contribute
- contrive
- cook
- cook up
- cover
- create
- cultivate
- dash off
- deliver
- design
- develop
- devise
- discover
- do
- draw on
- dream up
- dress
- effect
- effectuate
- engender
- engenderment
- enrich
- erect
- establish
- excite
- fabricate
- fashion
- father
- fecundate
- feed
- fertilize
- fetch
- flower
- foment
- forge
- form
- formation
- formulate
- found
- frame
- fructify
- fructifying
- furnish
- generate
- generation
- genesis
- germinate
- get
- get ready
- get up
- give
- give birth
- give birth to
- give forth
- give life to
- give rise to
- grow
- hatch
- imagine
- impregnate
- impregnation
- inaugurate
- incite
- increase
- induce
- initiate
- inseminate
- instigate
- institute
- introduce
- invent
- invest
- knock off
- lead to
- lime
- make
- make for
- make fruitful
- make happen
- make pregnant
- manage
- manufacture
- manure
- mold
- mother
- mulch
- multiply
- multiplying
- muster
- occasion
- offer
- organize
- originate
- origination
- parent
- parturitate
- perform
- plan
- pollinate
- precipitate
- prepare
- present
- procreate
- procreation
- produce
- produce young
- progenerate
- proliferate
- propagate
- propagation
- provide
- provoke
- put together
- quicken
- raise
- realize
- rear
- render
- repopulate
- reproduce
- reproduction
- result in
- return
- rouse
- secure
- set off
- set up
- shape
- show fruit
- sire
- sow the seeds of
- spawn
- spawning
- start
- stimulate
- stir
- succeed
- supply
- synthesize
- tear off
- throw together
- top-dress
- treat
- trigger
- turn out
- whip
- whip out
- whip up
- work up
- write
- yield
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