getup
1 of 2noun
get·up ˈget-ˌəp 
1
: outfit, costume
2
: general composition or structure
get up
2 of 2verb
got up; got up or gotten up; getting up; gets up
intransitive verb
1
a
: to arise from bed
b
: to rise to one's feet
c
: climb, ascend
2
: to go ahead or faster —used in the imperative as a command especially to driven animals
transitive verb
1
: to make preparations for : organize
got up a party for the newcomers
2
: to arrange as to external appearance : dress
3
: to acquire a knowledge of
4
: to create in oneself
cannot get up the courage to tell them
Synonyms
Noun
- costume
- drag
- dress
- garb
- guise
- outfit
- togs
Verb
- arise
- rise
- roll out
- turn out
- uprise
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun He came onstage in a cowboy getup. a guy in a crazy getup Verb you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning all got up in her Sunday best
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 An Inspector Clouseau getup is involved, as is a slow-speed chase involving a golf cart and out-of-shape bobbies. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 June 2022 Take a note from Carson Daly's rocker getup from Halloween a few years back by layering a denim vest over a leather jacket for Bruce Springsteen's signature look. Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022 Then, as the Casting the Net star stepped back to show viewers her shoes, Diggs, 51, walked out, in an almost identical getup. Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022 Gucci moment at last year's LACMA Art + Film Gala to his metallic pink cowboy getup for a performance at the Audacy Beach Festival last December. Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 One day she will be dressed in a ’70s getup, complete with a halter top, low-slung velvet pants, and an in-your-face afro. André-naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022 The getup is a departure from what Hough considers to have been her typical style in Hollywood. Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022 King’s character is a real piece of work, wearing a black bob and pink schoolgirl-style getup. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022 Cal and Darrin will certainly spend a lot of time together and get up to speed. Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are letting cameras get up close and personal, for a good cause. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 With Abbott Elementary failing to win Outstanding Comedy Series, Quinta Brunson only had one opportunity to get up on the stage. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 13 Sep. 2022 This onshore flow will mean gusts could get up to 30 mph Monday. Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 That should have been way higher in my opinion, because most earbuds these days can get up to nine, sometimes even more. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 To get up in the morning without the Queen being around, always distant but ever present, will be like living beneath a different sky. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 To get up close to the fortress, visitors must take an uphill walk across the wide stone steps of its open-air defensive walls. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 See More
Noun
Still, the dress — in the Mount Vernon collection — is featherweight compared with Victoria’s swim getup. Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 An Inspector Clouseau getup is involved, as is a slow-speed chase involving a golf cart and out-of-shape bobbies. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 June 2022 Take a note from Carson Daly's rocker getup from Halloween a few years back by layering a denim vest over a leather jacket for Bruce Springsteen's signature look. Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022 Then, as the Casting the Net star stepped back to show viewers her shoes, Diggs, 51, walked out, in an almost identical getup. Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022 Gucci moment at last year's LACMA Art + Film Gala to his metallic pink cowboy getup for a performance at the Audacy Beach Festival last December. Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 One day she will be dressed in a ’70s getup, complete with a halter top, low-slung velvet pants, and an in-your-face afro. André-naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022 The getup is a departure from what Hough considers to have been her typical style in Hollywood. Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022 King’s character is a real piece of work, wearing a black bob and pink schoolgirl-style getup. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 Verb
From their 1998 album, Home for Christmas, this festive track has stood the test of time and is still a tune that will make any '90s kid get up and sing. Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022 Cal and Darrin will certainly spend a lot of time together and get up to speed. Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are letting cameras get up close and personal, for a good cause. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 With Abbott Elementary failing to win Outstanding Comedy Series, Quinta Brunson only had one opportunity to get up on the stage. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 13 Sep. 2022 This onshore flow will mean gusts could get up to 30 mph Monday. Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 That should have been way higher in my opinion, because most earbuds these days can get up to nine, sometimes even more. WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 To get up in the morning without the Queen being around, always distant but ever present, will be like living beneath a different sky. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 To get up close to the fortress, visitors must take an uphill walk across the wide stone steps of its open-air defensive walls. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1842, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Kids Definition
getup
noun
get·up ˈget-ˌəp
: outfit entry 1 sense 1, costume We dressed in cowboy getups.
gets up
verb
1
as in rolls out
to leave one's bed you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rolls out
- turns out
- wakes
- rises
- awakes
- arises
- uprises
- awakens
- stirs
- bestirs
- arouses
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- beds (down)
- retires
- turns in
- rests
- lies up
- sleeps
- nods
- dozes
- lies (down)
- snoozes
- slumbers
- naps
- drops off
- settles
- perches
- roosts
- reclines
- flops (down)
- catnaps
- couches
- bunks
- dosses (down)
2
as in clothes
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes all got up in her Sunday best Synonyms & Similar Words
- clothes
- dresses
- rigs (out)
- does up
- costumes
- suits
- dresses up
- wraps
- habits
- drapes
- robes
- vestures
- bedecks
- garments
- toilets
- attires
- gowns
- arrays
- garbs
- apparels
- togs (up or out)
- caparisons
- enswathes
- enrobes
- decks (out)
- habilitates
- invests
- jackets
- cloaks
- mantles
- frocks
- furnishes
- uniforms
- huddles
- vests
- underdresses
- swathes
- outfits
- dresses down
- haps
- tailors
- equips
- swaddles
- bedights
- accouters
- accoutres
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strips
- disrobes
- untrusses
- disarrays
- uncovers
- undresses
- unveils
- denudes
- unclothes
- divests
- undrapes
3
as in summons
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply Synonyms & Similar Words
- summons
- gathers
- conjures (up)
- educes
- evokes
- raises
- elicits