Synonyms of getting by

getting by

verb

present participle of get by

as in coping

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

• coping
• getting on
• getting along
• doing
• making do
• making out
• managing
• making ends meet
• surviving
• making shift
• carrying on
• fending for oneself
• shifting
• scraping (by or through)
• faring
• affording
• scraping (out)
• eking out
• scrounging
• lasting
• contriving
• squeezing
• wringing
• swinging
• wresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falling short
• failing
• collapsing
• floundering
• declining
• giving up
• waning
• slumping
• petering (out)
• fizzling