to get well

Examples

• All

• Let your body use all its resources to get well, rather than demanding more of it.

  Blog text (13)

• And I'm going to give you what you need to get well.

  Interview with the Vampire (1994)

• And why do certain people change and get well and why do certain people not get well?

• Well, The thing is these patients get well again in many, many cases and they stay well.

  Dr. Sam Bailey

• Please get well soon, and come back to the apartment.

  Bittersweet (2018)

• We'll go just as soon as you get well.

  Jesse James (1939)

• Thanks so much, and tell her I hope she gets well soon and lives a long and happy life.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And when people get well, there is also always an experience of love that heals.

  The Diary Of A CEO

• You'll soon get well.

  Anna Karenina (1997)

• I hope you can get well soon after your surgery.

Synonyms

G

to get better

vsto get well

873 1.0

To become healthier, more skilled, or more successful

is specifically about returning to health after illness or injury

R

to recover

vsto get well

865 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

is focused only on becoming healthy after illness or injury

H

to heal

vsto get well

726 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

is about becoming healthy oneself after illness or injury

G

to get over

vsto get well

255 2.8

Recover from an illness, disappointment, or other difficulty

is the physical healing process rather than emotional closure

B

to bounce back

vsto get well

74 3.5

Get better quickly after an illness, problem, or setback

is general becoming healthy again but not necessarily very fast

R

to recuperate

vsto get well

31 6.3

To get better after being ill, injured, or very tired

is becoming healthy again without implying rest or duration

R

to rebound

vsto get well

23 4.3

To get back to normal after a problem

is specifically regaining health rather than returning to any past state

C

to convalesce

vsto get well

• Formal

7 7.9

To spend time getting stronger and healthier after an illness or operation

is the basic act of becoming healthy, not necessarily slow

S

to self-heal

vsto get well

4 4.4

To get better without help from doctors

includes becoming healthy again whether or not treatment is used

G

to get back on one's feet

vsto get well

• Informal

1 3.7

To recover after illness, money problems, or other setbacks

is about becoming healthy again rather than broader recovery

Antonyms

G

to get worse

704 2.5

To become more serious, often about health or a situation

T

to take ill

10 5.6

To become sick suddenly

How Healthy

to get well

63 1.3

to get better

873 1.0

to feel unwell

4 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology