Usually means: Ambitious person pursuing success actively.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word go-getter:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. go-getter: Merriam-Webster
  2. go-getter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go-getter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. go-getter, go-getter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. go-getter: Vocabulary.com
  6. go-getter: Wordnik
  7. go-getter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. go-getter: Wiktionary
  9. go-getter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. go-getter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. go-getter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. go-getter: Dictionary.com
  13. go-getter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. The Go-Getter, The Go-getter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. go-getter: Rhymezone
  16. go-getter: FreeDictionary.org
  17. go-getter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. go-getter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go-getter: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. go-getter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Go-getter: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  someone whose career progresses rapidly

Similar:
whiz-kid, ball of fire, whizz-kid, thruster, getter, achiever, self-starter, hustler, pipe-hitter, entrepreneur, more...

Opposite:
slacker, procrastinator, lethargic, unmotivated



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Similar:
whiz-kid, ball of fire, whizz-kid, thruster, getter, achiever, self-starter, hustler, pipe-hitter, entrepreneur, more...

Opposite:
slacker, procrastinator, lethargic, unmotivated



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