GOT ALONG Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

got along

verb

past tense of get along

as in coped

to meet one's day-to-day needs most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night

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as in progressed

to move forward along a course the preparations for the party are getting along just fine

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Recent Examples of got along Whether that announcement is marriage- or pickleball-related remains to be seen, but not everyone coming back together got along in the Big Brother house, so how does Chen Moonves feel about Jason De Puy and Kamu Kirk being reunited? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 Happily, Yarberry got along well with Doris and her husband, Jon Worrell. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 The children were all very close and everyone got along, with their parents remaining amicable even after having divorced, according to Mercer. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 But for the most part Cubs and Sox fans got along and treated each other with mutual respect. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Both teams then got along just fine after practice with several players from each team spending time together. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Despite evidence that the two got along well enough, rumors spread in Vienna after Mozart’s death that Salieri had poisoned him. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 My family got along with her fine. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026 He was known as a role model, with a positive personality, and got along with anybody. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got along

Verb

Kaia recently opened up about how her family coped with her brother’s addiction struggles in a Vogue interview.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026
More recently, consumers have coped with higher gasoline prices and shortages due to Ukrainian drone attacks that knocked out refineries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of coped

Verb

The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

The Guardians got on the board early, as Chase DeLauter drove in Steven Kwan with an RBI single in the first.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The chief lawyer for Florida’s health agency, Andrew Sheeran, got on the phone with Centene’s top lawyer.

— Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of got on

Verb

In 2012, Brand took Australian journalist Liz Hayes’ head into his hands during an interview and proceeded to kiss her face and place his hands on her body.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
After cleaning the pizza slicer, an employee proceeded to return it to the pizza cutting table without sanitizing.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeded

Verb

Cybersecurity And Functional Safety Are Converging Cybersecurity and functional safety have traditionally been managed as separate disciplines, although today they are increasingly considered part of the same operational risk environment.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
After the initial disclosure, Acme took several meetings with a mix of studios and filmmakers eager to understand how a project managed to dramatically lower costs.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

Several opposition lawmakers and thousands of supporters marched through the capital and submitted a petition to the chief justice alleging irregularities in the nationwide revision of voter lists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her shoes were very similar in style to her mother’s, and the pair looked on as Princess Leonor marched in the parade in formal military attire to celebrate completing three years of training.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026