100 Other Words for “Get”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Absorb	Take in or assimilate.
2.	Accumulate	Gather gradually.
3.	Acquire	Obtain or gain possession.
4.	Amass	Gather a large amount.
5.	Apprehend	Understand or grasp mentally.
6.	Approach	Come near; reach toward.
7.	Appropriate	Take for one’s own use.
8.	Arrive at	Reach a conclusion.
9.	Ascertain	Find out for certain.
10.	Attain	Reach or achieve something.
11.	Bag	Capture or secure.
12.	Bargain for	Negotiate to obtain.
13.	Bring in	Generate or earn money.
14.	Buy	Purchase in exchange for money.
15.	Call in	Summon or request assistance.
16.	Capture	Take control by force.
17.	Cash in	Convert to profit or benefit.
18.	Catch	Intercept or seize quickly.
19.	Claim	Take as one’s due.
20.	Collect	Gather into one place.
21.	Come by	Obtain, often by chance.
22.	Derive	Obtain from a source.
23.	Detect	Discover or notice.
24.	Develop	Acquire gradually over time.
25.	Dig up	Find information or uncover.
26.	Discover	Find something previously unknown.
27.	Draw	Obtain from a source.
28.	Draw in	Attract or involve.
29.	Earn	Receive as payment or reward.
30.	Elicit	Draw out a response.
31.	Enlist	Obtain help or support.
32.	Extract	Remove or obtain by effort.
33.	Fetch	Go and bring back.
34.	Figure out	Understand or solve.
35.	Find	Locate or discover.
36.	Flesh out	Develop more fully.
37.	Gain	Obtain or secure.
38.	Garner	Gather or collect, especially information.
39.	Gather	Bring together; collect.
40.	Get hold of	Obtain; contact; grasp.
41.	Get to	Reach; arrive at.
42.	Go for	Choose or select.
43.	Grab	Take suddenly or quickly.
44.	Grasp	Understand or seize firmly.
45.	Happen upon	Find by chance.
46.	Hear	Receive news or information.
47.	Hit upon	Discover suddenly.
48.	Hook	Catch or snag.
49.	Import	Bring in from abroad.
50.	Inherit	Receive from someone who died.
51.	Intuit	Know without reasoning.
52.	Land	Obtain or secure successfully.
53.	Lay hands on	Obtain; find and take.
54.	Learn	Acquire knowledge or skill.
55.	Line up	Arrange to secure.
56.	Locate	Find the position of.
57.	Lock down	Secure firmly; finalize.
58.	Make	Earn or produce.
59.	Make out	Discern or understand.
60.	Master	Learn thoroughly; become skilled.
61.	Meet	Satisfy a requirement or standard.
62.	Nab	Catch or seize.
63.	Nail down	Settle details definitively.
64.	Net	Gain as profit or result.
65.	Notice	Become aware of.
66.	Obtain	Get or secure.
67.	Occur to	Come to mind.
68.	Pick up	Acquire; learn informally.
69.	Procure	Obtain with effort.
70.	Pull in	Attract or earn.
71.	Pull off	Succeed in achieving.
72.	Purchase	Buy something.
73.	Reach	Arrive at; attain.
74.	Reap	Receive as a result.
75.	Receive	Be given or presented with.
76.	Recover	Get back something lost.
77.	Recruit	Enlist or obtain new members.
78.	Round up	Gather together.
79.	Score	Obtain, especially success.
80.	Secure	Obtain and keep safe.
81.	Seize	Take suddenly by force.
82.	Settle on	Decide on; choose.
83.	Snag	Obtain unexpectedly or quickly.
84.	Snare	Trap or capture.
85.	Solicit	Seek to obtain by asking.
86.	Source	Obtain from a particular origin.
87.	Steal	Take without permission.
88.	Suss out	Figure out; detect.
89.	Take	Lay hold of; accept.
90.	Take away	Remove; deprive of.
91.	Take in	Absorb; understand.
92.	Take on	Undertake or accept.
93.	Take over	Assume control of.
94.	Tap	Draw from a supply.
95.	Track down	Find after searching.
96.	Understand	Comprehend meaning.
97.	Unearth	Discover something hidden.
98.	Unlock	Gain access to.
99.	Unpack	Figure out; interpret.
100.	Usher in	Bring about; introduce.