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Synonyms for get it
verb appreciate, become aware of

get
recognize
comprehend
understand
know
grasp
think

visualize
envision
apprehend
image
feature
fancy
imagine

catch
conceive
envisage
discern
pick up
take in
vision

be cognizant of
become conscious of
catch on
get the idea
get the picture
see daylight
get through one’s head

Antonyms for get it

misunderstand
mistake
disbelieve
disregard

ignore
miss
misinterpret
forget

lose
neglect
fail

Synonyms
verb run very fast for short distance

fly
shoot
rush
gallop
tear
scamper
bound

scurry
dart
bolt
scoot
sprint
hurry
chase

career
spring
course
charge
race
haste
lash

hasten
speed
boil
get on it
make a run for it
make it snappy
rush at

Antonyms

walk
slow
wait
dawdle

aid
assist
stay
encourage

help
inspirit

Usage Notes

For nearly 400 years, forms of get have been used with a following past participle to form the passive voice: She got engaged when she was 19. He won’t get accepted with those grades. This use of get rather than of forms of to be in the passive is found today chiefly in speech and informal writing. In British English got is the regular past participle of get, and gotten survives only in a few set phrases, such as ill-gotten gains. In American English gotten, although occasionally criticized, is an alternative standard past participle in most senses, especially in the senses “to receive” or “to acquire”: I have gotten (or got) all that I ever hoped for. Have or has got in the sense “must” has been in use since the early 19th century; often the have or has is contracted: You’ve got to carry your passport at all times. The use of have (or has) got in the sense of “to possess” goes back to the 15th century; it is also frequently contracted: She’s got a master’s degree in biology. These uses are occasionally criticized as redundant on the grounds that have alone expresses the meaning adequately, but they are well established and fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. In some contexts in American English, substituting gotten for got produces a change in meaning: She’s got (possesses) a new job. She’s gotten (has aquired) a new job. He’s got to (must) attend the wedding. He’s gotten to (has been allowed or enabled to) attend. The children have got (are suffering from) the measles. The children have gotten (have caught) the measles. The use of got without have or has to mean “must” (I got to buy a new suit) is characteristic of the most relaxed, informal speech and does not occur in edited writing except in representations of speech. Gotta is a pronunciation spelling representing this use.