get up

verb

1. rise to one’s feet; “The audience got up and applauded”

   Synonyms

   • arise, rise, uprise, stand up

   Antonym

   • sit down, sit, lie down, lie

   Less specific

   • change posture

   More specific

   • take the floor

2. get up and out of bed; “I get up at 7 A.M. every day”; “They rose early”; “He uprose at night”

   Synonyms

   • turn out, arise, uprise, rise

   Antonym

   • go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire, go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down (more) , hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

3. raise from a lower to a higher position; “Raise your hands”; “Lift a load”

   Synonyms

   • raise, lift, elevate, bring up

   Antonym

   • lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

   Less specific

   • move, displace

   More specific

   • get up, jack, jack up, shoulder, kick up, hoist, lift, wind, trice, trice up, hoist, run up, hoist, pump, levitate (more) , underlay, skid, pinnacle, chin, chin up, raise, leaven, prove, heighten, hike, hike up, boost, pick up, lift up, gather up, rear, erect

   See also

   • pick up, lift up, gather up

4. cause to rise; “The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.”

   Less specific

   • raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

5. develop; “we worked up an as of an appetite”

   Synonyms

   • work up

   Less specific

   • grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

6. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; “She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera”; “The young girls were all fancied up for the party”

   Synonyms

   • overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, rig out, tog up, tog out

   Antonym

   • dress down, underdress, dress down, underdress

   Less specific

   • dress, get dressed

   More specific

   • preen, primp, plume, dress, prank, tart up, enrobe, bedizen, dizen

   See also

   • dress, get dressed

7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; “machinate a plot”; “organize a strike”; “devise a plan to take over the director’s office”

   Synonyms

   • organize, organise, prepare, devise, machinate

   Less specific

   • initiate, pioneer

   More specific

   • mount, put on, lay, set up, sandwich, spatchcock, embattle

8. study intensively, as before an exam; “I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”

   Synonyms

   • cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, mug up, swot up, bone

   Less specific

   • study, hit the books