get on

1. 1.

   have smooth relations

   “My boss and I get along very well”

   Synonymsget along withget on withget along

   Broaderrelate
2. 2.

   get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

   Synonymsboard

   Antonymsget off

   Broaderenter

   Narrowerembarkentraincatch
3. 3.

   get up on the back of

   “mount a horse”

   Synonymshop onmountmount upjump onclimb onbestride

   Broadermove

   Narrowerremount
4. 4.

   grow late or (of time) elapse

   “It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!”

   Broaderapproach
5. 5.

   appear in a show, on T.V. or radio

   “The news won't be on tonight”

   Synonymsbe on

   Broaderair
6. 6.

   develop in a positive way

   “He progressed well in school”

   “My plants are coming along”

   “Plans are shaping up”

   Synonymsprogresscome oncome alongadvanceget alongshape up

   Broaderdevelop

   Narrowerclimbleapfrog
7. 7.

   grow old or older

   “She aged gracefully”

   “we age every day--what a depressing thought!”

   “Young men senesce”

   Synonymssenesceagematurematurate

   Broaderdevelop

   Narrowerturnfossilizedote

Questions about get on

What does get on mean?

get on means "have smooth relations". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get on?

Close synonyms include get along with, get on with, get along, board, hop on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of get on?

The recorded antonyms are get off.

Is get on a common word?

get on is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.