get up

Abandon the pillow

Get up most basically means to rise from a lying or sitting position: Get up, you'll be late for school.

It extends to waking and leaving bed.

To get up the nerve or courage is to summon it.

A getup (noun) is an outfit or costume, often an unusual one: What kind of getup is that?

To get up to something is to engage in it, usually mischief: What have you been getting up to?

awaken

wake

Path left in water

  • rouseStir to wakefulness
  • stirMix by circling
  • riseMove to higher position

alarm · snooze · groggy · drowsy · sleepy · bleary-eyed · morning · dawn · sunrise · oversleep

stand

rise

Move to higher position

  • elevateTo raise upward
  • liftMechanism for vertical transport
  • uprightVertical or morally sound

feet · chair · bed · floor · seated · sitting · crouch · kneel · prone · vertical

energize

coffee

Brewed bean beverage

invigorate · refresh · vitality · pep · boost · adrenaline · endorphins · lively · alert · awake

dress

outfit

Set of clothes worn together

prepare · groom · wardrobe · costume · uniform · ensemble · accessorize · presentable · tidy · spruce

motivation

willpower

Mental strength resisting impulse

ambition · grit · perseverance · initiative · push · effort · resolve · commitment · self-motivation · procrastination

Categories
Opposites
vertical position/rising

get uplie down

Assume a horizontal position

sit down · lay down · get down · fall down · collapse

waking/starting the day

get upstay in bed

sleep in · go to bed · go to sleep · lie in · turn in

mounting/dismounting

get upget down

Descend or dance wildly

get off · dismount · alight · climb down · descend

Family

up, get, upon, upper, got, getting, ups, gets, getaway

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G