getup

Other forms of getup

plural

getups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about getup

What does getup mean?

getup means "a set of clothing (with accessories)".

How many syllables are in getup?

getup has 2 syllables: ge-tup. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for getup?

Close synonyms include outfit, rig, turnout. 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.

Is getup a common word?

getup is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.