Synonyms of gets by

gets by

verb

present tense third-person singular of get by

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs

working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copes
• gets on
• gets along
• does
• manages
• survives
• makes shift
• makes do
• makes ends meet
• makes out
• fares
• shifts
• affords
• carries on
• fends for oneself
• ekes out
• lasts
• scrapes (by or through)
• scrounges
• contrives
• scrapes (out)
• squeezes
• wrests
• wrings
• swings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falls short
• fails
• collapses
• declines
• gives up
• wanes
• slumps
• fizzles
• flounders
• peters (out)