getting on
Boarding a vehicle
Getting on covers progress and aging.
To ask how someone is getting on is to ask about their progress or welfare: How are you getting on with the new job?
Getting on also means advancing in years: She's getting on in age.
To be getting on for a time or number is to approach it: It's getting on for midnight.
In British usage, to get on with someone is to have a friendly relationship: They don't get on.
Moving in forward direction
- progressingMoving toward completion
- improvingBecoming more capable
- developingBecoming more advanced
- moving forwardContinuing toward a goal
headway · momentum · breakthrough · growth · evolution · upgrading · enhancement · escalation
Advanced in age
- seniorHigher in rank
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- grayingLosing color with age
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
grandparent · pension · geriatrics · wisdom · experience · centenarian · octogenarian · menopause
Not on time
- tardyArriving past due
- schedulePlan of timed events
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- hurryMove with urgency
rush · punctuality · appointment · timetable · clock · due · timely · pressing
Large passenger vehicle
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
subway · tram · carriage · vehicle · embark · mount · hop on · step up
Showing kindness, warmth
- amicablePeacefully cooperative in manner
- compatibleAble to work together
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
- cordialWarmly friendly manner
sociable · affable · agreeable · cooperative · neighborly · congenial · chummy · bonding
advancing
Moving in forward direction
- progressingMoving toward completion
- improvingBecoming more capable
- developingBecoming more advanced
moving forward · headway · momentum · breakthrough · growth · evolution · upgrading · enhancement · escalation · expansion
elderly
Advanced in age
- seniorHigher in rank
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- grayingLosing color with age
wrinkles · grandparent · pension · geriatrics · wisdom · experience · centenarian · octogenarian · menopause · andropause
late
Not on time
hurry · rush · punctuality · appointment · timetable · clock · due · timely · pressing · urgent
bus
Large passenger vehicle
ferry · subway · tram · carriage · vehicle · embark · mount · hop on · step up · platform
friendly
Showing kindness, warmth
- amicablePeacefully cooperative in manner
- compatibleAble to work together
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
cordial · sociable · affable · agreeable · cooperative · neighborly · congenial · chummy · bonding · clicking
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe
getting ongetting off
Departing a conveyance
disembarking · alighting · dismounting · exiting · stepping off
getting onfalling behind
stalling · stagnating · regressing · failing · going nowhere
get, forget, getting, forgetful, gets, getaway, forgetting, unforgettable, getup