diff --git a/Compiler/src/ssair/verify.jl b/Compiler/src/ssair/verify.jl
index f9a9bb674a536..3aa1e00e3f2d3 100644
--- a/Compiler/src/ssair/verify.jl
+++ b/Compiler/src/ssair/verify.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
 
-irshow_was_loaded() = invokelatest(isdefined, Compiler.IRShow, :debuginfo_firstline)
+irshow_was_loaded() = invokelatest(isdefinedglobal, Compiler.IRShow, :debuginfo_firstline)
 function maybe_show_ir(ir::IRCode)
     if irshow_was_loaded()
         # ensure we use I/O that does not yield, as this gets called during compilation
diff --git a/base/docs/bindings.jl b/base/docs/bindings.jl
index 5a0e8e01762e2..34aa87bd13076 100644
--- a/base/docs/bindings.jl
+++ b/base/docs/bindings.jl
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ end
 
 bindingexpr(x) = Expr(:call, Binding, splitexpr(x)...)
 
-defined(b::Binding) = invokelatest(isdefined, b.mod, b.var)
-resolve(b::Binding) = invokelatest(getfield, b.mod, b.var)
+defined(b::Binding) = invokelatest(isdefinedglobal, b.mod, b.var)
+resolve(b::Binding) = invokelatest(getglobal, b.mod, b.var)
 
 function splitexpr(x::Expr)
     isexpr(x, :macrocall) ? splitexpr(x.args[1]) :
diff --git a/base/errorshow.jl b/base/errorshow.jl
index 624461a31c641..d876f71520df6 100644
--- a/base/errorshow.jl
+++ b/base/errorshow.jl
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ function showerror(io::IO, ex::MethodError)
             # Check all modules (sorted for consistency)
             sorted_modules = sort!(collect(modules_to_check), by=nameof)
             for mod in sorted_modules
-                if isdefined(mod, name)
-                    candidate = getfield(mod, name)
+                if isdefinedglobal(mod, name)
+                    candidate = getglobal(mod, name)
                     if candidate !== f && hasmethod(candidate, arg_types; world=ex.world)
                         if mod === Base
                             print(io, "\nYou may have intended to import ")
diff --git a/base/show.jl b/base/show.jl
index 73a3a0fcad66f..f89e72ff3ab53 100644
--- a/base/show.jl
+++ b/base/show.jl
@@ -632,8 +632,8 @@ function make_typealias(@nospecialize(x::Type))
     x isa UnionAll && push!(xenv, x)
     for mod in mods
         for name in unsorted_names(mod)
-            if isdefined(mod, name) && !isdeprecated(mod, name) && isconst(mod, name)
-                alias = getfield(mod, name)
+            if isdefinedglobal(mod, name) && !isdeprecated(mod, name) && isconst(mod, name)
+                alias = getglobal(mod, name)
                 if alias isa Type && !has_free_typevars(alias) && !print_without_params(alias) && x <: alias
                     if alias isa UnionAll
                         (ti, env) = ccall(:jl_type_intersection_with_env, Any, (Any, Any), x, alias)::SimpleVector
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@ function make_typealiases(@nospecialize(x::Type))
     x isa UnionAll && push!(xenv, x)
     for mod in mods
         for name in unsorted_names(mod)
-            if isdefined(mod, name) && !isdeprecated(mod, name) && isconst(mod, name)
-                alias = getfield(mod, name)
+            if isdefinedglobal(mod, name) && !isdeprecated(mod, name) && isconst(mod, name)
+                alias = getglobal(mod, name)
                 if alias isa Type && !has_free_typevars(alias) && !print_without_params(alias) && !(alias <: Tuple)
                     (ti, env) = ccall(:jl_type_intersection_with_env, Any, (Any, Any), x, alias)::SimpleVector
                     ti === Union{} && continue
diff --git a/src/gen_sysimg_symtab.jl b/src/gen_sysimg_symtab.jl
index a91f2f994194c..110d83ba9083d 100644
--- a/src/gen_sysimg_symtab.jl
+++ b/src/gen_sysimg_symtab.jl
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import Base.Iterators: take, drop
 function _eachmethod(f, m::Module, visited, vmt)
     push!(visited, m)
     for nm in names(m, all=true)
-        if isdefined(m, nm)
-            x = getfield(m, nm)
+        if isdefinedglobal(m, nm)
+            x = getglobal(m, nm)
             if isa(x, Module) && !in(x, visited)
                 _eachmethod(f, x, visited, vmt)
             elseif isa(x, Type)
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
index 0f69860f39d78..8499027fae6cc 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function varinfo(m::Module=Base.active_module(), pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool =
             if !isdefined(m2, v) || !occursin(pattern, string(v))
                 continue
             end
-            value = getfield(m2, v)
+            value = getglobal(m2, v)
             isbuiltin = value === Base || value === Base.active_module() || value === Core
             if recursive && !isbuiltin && isa(value, Module) && value !== m2 && nameof(value) === v && parentmodule(value) === m2
                 push!(workqueue, (value, "$prep$v."))
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ end
 function _methodswith(@nospecialize(t::Type), m::Module, supertypes::Bool)
     meths = Method[]
     for nm in names(m)
-        if isdefined(m, nm)
-            f = getfield(m, nm)
+        if isdefinedglobal(m, nm)
+            f = getglobal(m, nm)
             if isa(f, Base.Callable)
                 methodswith(t, f, meths; supertypes = supertypes)
             end
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ function _subtypes_in!(mods::Array, x::Type)
         m = pop!(mods)
         xt = xt::DataType
         for s in names(m, all = true)
-            if !isdeprecated(m, s) && isdefined(m, s)
-                t = getfield(m, s)
+            if !isdeprecated(m, s) && isdefinedglobal(m, s)
+                t = getglobal(m, s)
                 dt = isa(t, UnionAll) ? unwrap_unionall(t) : t
                 if isa(dt, DataType)
                     if dt.name.name === s && dt.name.module == m && supertype(dt).name == xt.name
diff --git a/test/core.jl b/test/core.jl
index 4abe4f95a2e0b..997677cd69e39 100644
--- a/test/core.jl
+++ b/test/core.jl
@@ -1206,8 +1206,8 @@ end
 # Module() constructor
 @test names(Module(:anonymous), all = true, imported = true) == [:anonymous]
 @test names(Module(:anonymous, false), all = true, imported = true) == [:anonymous]
-@test invokelatest(getfield, Module(:anonymous, false, true), :Core) == Core
-@test_throws UndefVarError invokelatest(getfield, Module(:anonymous, false, false), :Core)
+@test invokelatest(getglobal, Module(:anonymous, false, true), :Core) == Core
+@test_throws UndefVarError invokelatest(getglobal, Module(:anonymous, false, false), :Core)
 
 # exception from __init__()
 let didthrow =
diff --git a/test/docs.jl b/test/docs.jl
index 568cab48bd1e5..6c625735ecc7e 100644
--- a/test/docs.jl
+++ b/test/docs.jl
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ end
 # issue #38819
 
 module NoDocStrings end
-@test meta(NoDocStrings) === invokelatest(getfield, NoDocStrings, Base.Docs.META)
+@test meta(NoDocStrings) === invokelatest(getglobal, NoDocStrings, Base.Docs.META)
 
 # General tests for docstrings.
 
diff --git a/test/error.jl b/test/error.jl
index f76a7809b08a9..0d8047aa92a44 100644
--- a/test/error.jl
+++ b/test/error.jl
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ end
         if mod ∉ visited
             push!(visited, mod)
             for name in names(mod, all=true)
-                isdefined(mod, name) || continue
-                value = getfield(mod, name)
+                isdefinedglobal(mod, name) || continue
+                value = getglobal(mod, name)
                 if value isa Module
                     value === Main && continue
                     test_exceptions(value, visited)
diff --git a/test/numbers.jl b/test/numbers.jl
index 42eeeec4257c7..0553ab342f7a2 100644
--- a/test/numbers.jl
+++ b/test/numbers.jl
@@ -2420,8 +2420,8 @@ end
 
 function allsubtypes!(m::Module, x::DataType, sts::Set)
     for s in names(m, all = true)
-        if isdefined(m, s) && !Base.isdeprecated(m, s)
-            t = getfield(m, s)
+        if isdefinedglobal(m, s) && !Base.isdeprecated(m, s)
+            t = getglobal(m, s)
             if isa(t, Type) && t <: x && t != Union{}
                 push!(sts, t)
             elseif isa(t, Module) && t !== m && nameof(t) === s && parentmodule(t) === m
diff --git a/test/precompile.jl b/test/precompile.jl
index e95df0d50ae60..7cf9bdffadfc1 100644
--- a/test/precompile.jl
+++ b/test/precompile.jl
@@ -778,12 +778,12 @@ precompile_test_harness("code caching") do dir
     Base.compilecache(pkgid)
     @test Base.isprecompiled(pkgid)
     @eval using $Cache_module
-    M = invokelatest(getfield, @__MODULE__, Cache_module)
+    M = invokelatest(getglobal, @__MODULE__, Cache_module)
     Mid = rootid(M)
     invokelatest() do
         # Test that this cache file "owns" all the roots
         for name in (:f, :fpush, :callboth)
-            func = getfield(M, name)
+            func = getglobal(M, name)
             m = only(collect(methods(func)))
             @test all(i -> root_provenance(m, i) == Mid, 1:length(m.roots))
         end
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("code caching") do dir
         Base.compilecache(Base.PkgId(string(pkg)))
     end
     @eval using $StaleA
-    MA = invokelatest(getfield, @__MODULE__, StaleA)
+    MA = invokelatest(getglobal, @__MODULE__, StaleA)
     Base.eval(MA, :(nbits(::UInt8) = 8))
     Base.eval(MA, quote
         struct InvalidatedBinding
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("precompiletools") do dir
     Base.compilecache(pkgid)
     @test Base.isprecompiled(pkgid)
     @eval using $PrecompileToolsModule
-    M = invokelatest(getfield, @__MODULE__, PrecompileToolsModule)
+    M = invokelatest(getglobal, @__MODULE__, PrecompileToolsModule)
     invokelatest() do
         m = which(Tuple{typeof(findfirst), Base.Fix2{typeof(==), T}, Vector{T}} where T)
         success = 0
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("invoke") do dir
           """)
     Base.compilecache(Base.PkgId(string(CallerModule)))
     @eval using $InvokeModule: $InvokeModule
-    MI = invokelatest(getfield, @__MODULE__, InvokeModule)
+    MI = invokelatest(getglobal, @__MODULE__, InvokeModule)
     @eval $MI.getlast(a::UnitRange) = a.stop
     @eval using $CallerModule
     invokelatest() do
diff --git a/test/reflection.jl b/test/reflection.jl
index 8cf2385ab8b18..29774c2bfa069 100644
--- a/test/reflection.jl
+++ b/test/reflection.jl
@@ -617,9 +617,9 @@ function module_depth(from::Module, to::Module)
 end
 function has_backslashes(mod::Module)
     for n in names(mod, all = true, imported = true)
-        isdefined(mod, n) || continue
+        isdefinedglobal(mod, n) || continue
         Base.isdeprecated(mod, n) && continue
-        f = getfield(mod, n)
+        f = getglobal(mod, n)
         if isa(f, Module) && module_depth(Main, f) <= module_depth(Main, mod)
             continue
         end