go - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

verb

To move along a particular course: fare, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend. Idiom: make one's way. See move
To proceed in a specified direction: bear, head, make, set out, strike out. See approach
To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go away, leave ¹, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow ¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach
To look to when in need: apply, refer, repair ², resort, run, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon), have recourse to. See used
To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance: carry, extend, lead, reach, run, stretch. See reach
To change or fluctuate within limits: extend, range, run, vary. See change
To perform a function effectively: function, operate, run, take, work. See thrive
To move toward a termination: go away, pass, pass away. See approach, increase, time
To have a proper or suitable place: belong, fit ¹. See order
To move past in time. Also used with by: elapse, lapse, pass. See time
To be depleted: consume, spend. Idiom: go down the drain. See increase
To fall in: buckle, cave in, collapse, crumple, give. Idiom: give way. See explosion
To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal: pop off. Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live
To do or fare well: boom, flourish, prosper, thrive. Slang: score. Idioms: get (or go) somewhere, go great guns, go strong. See thrive
To turn out well: come off, go over, pan out, succeed, work, work out. Slang: click. See thrive
To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook ², endure, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. Informal: lump ². Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See accept
Informal. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay ¹ (down), post ², put, risk, stake, venture, wager. See gambling
Informal. To make an offer of: bid, offer. See offer

phrasal verb

go along

To agree to cooperate or participate: Informal: play along. See participate

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go around

To pass around but not through: bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, skirt. See seek
To become known far and wide: circulate, get around, spread, travel. Idiom: go (or make) the rounds. See knowledge

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go at

To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or upon , have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal: light into, pitch into. See attack
To start work on vigorously: attack, sail in, tackle, wade in or into . Idiom: hop to it. See work

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go away

To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, leave ¹, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow ¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach
To move toward a termination: go, pass, pass away. See approach, increase, time

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go back

To go again to a former place: come back, return, revisit. See approach

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go down

To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, fall, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idiom: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble). See rise
To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, fall, go under, surrender, topple. See resist, win

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go far

To gain success: arrive, get ahead, get on, rise, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it. See thrive

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go for

Informal. To be favorably disposed toward: approve, countenance, favor, hold with. Idiom: take kindly to. See praise
Informal. To receive pleasure from: enjoy, like ¹, relish, savor. Slang: dig. See like
To require a specified price: cost, sell for. See transactions

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go in

To come or go into (a place): come in, enter, penetrate. Nautical: put in. Idioms: gain entrance (or entry), set foot in. See enter

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go off

To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise: blast, blow ¹ (up), burst, detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, touch off. See explosion

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go on

To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time: abide, continue, endure, hold out, last ², persist, remain, stay ¹. See continue
To continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks: carry on, hang on, keep on, persevere, persist. Idioms: hang in there, keep going , keep it up. See continue
Informal. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially: babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on. Informal: spiel. Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak. Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze (or bull). See words

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go out

To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, see. Informal: take out. See connect

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go over

To turn out well: come off, go, pan out, succeed, work, work out. Slang: click. See thrive
To look at carefully or critically: check (out), con, examine, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse, view. Informal: case. Idiom: give a going-over. See investigate
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal: recap. See thoughts

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go through

To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, have, know, meet ¹ (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. Archaic: prove. Idiom: run up against. See participate

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go under

To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, fall, go down, surrender, topple. See resist, win
To undergo sudden financial failure: break, bust, collapse, crash, fail. Informal: fold. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See money

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go up

To move upward on or along: ascend, climb, mount, scale ². See rise

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go with

To be in keeping with: become, befit, conform, correspond, fit ¹, match, suit. See agree

noun

A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal: shot. Slang: take. Archaic: assay. See try
A brief trial: crack, stab, try. Informal: fling, shot, whack, whirl. See try
A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell ³, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See time
Informal. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity: animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength. Informal: get-up-and-go, pep, peppiness, zip. See action

adjective

Informal. In a state of preparedness: ready, set ¹. Slang: together. Idioms: all set, in working order. See prepared

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