getting
Divide getting into syllables:
get · ting
How to pronounce getting:
Synonyms for getting:
acquiring
acquisition
act
appropriation
capture
catching
contracting
deed
gaining control
human action
human activity
moving in
obtention
occupancy
occupation
pickup
receipt
reception
seizure
Antonyms for getting:
according
bequeathing
ceding
dispensing
dropping
forfeiting
forgoing
forking over
giving
giving away
giving up
granting
handing
handing out
handing over
offering
parting with
passing down
presenting
proffering
relinquishing
surrendering
throwing away
turning over
yielding
Other 2-syllable words like getting
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- phoneme
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- present
- princess
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- arrive
- brother
- anxious
- autumn's
- admired
- should've
- ostrich
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- August
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- walking
- appear
- butter
- phonemes
- planet
- stories
- well-known
- at best
- kittens
- princes
- twelve twelve
- secret
- apron
- writer
- changing
- vanish
- with young
- April's
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