gotcha

Examples

• All

• Okay, gotcha, I can do that.

  The Civil Dead (2023)

• (getting it now) I gotcha, I gotcha, Chief!

  Fiction book (2000)

• Frank: Yeah, yeah, I gotcha.

  Academic text (2017)

• But Speaking of that, I gotcha if that's what you wanted to hear.

• All right, I gotcha.

  Deep Impact (1998)

• Yeah, I gotcha.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Okay, I gotcha.

  Blog text (11)

• Yeah, gotcha.

  Blog text (29)

• Boom, I gotcha.

  Wedding Crashers (2005)

• When he tried to deny the mistake, I said, 'Gotcha!' to show I understood.

Synonyms

R

right

vsgotcha

• Informal

∞ 1.0

Say this to show agreement or acceptance

can also imply understanding or that someone has been caught

Y

yeah

vsgotcha

• Informal

∞ 2.0

A short reply to show you are listening and understand

can additionally be used to state that someone was caught doing something

Y

yeah-huh

vsgotcha

• Informal

16 9.9

A short casual reply showing weak agreement or that you heard someone

often also carries the sense of noticing or catching someone

Y

you're telling me

vsgotcha

• Informal

6 8.5

To say this to show you strongly agree with an obvious or unpleasant point

is instead used mainly for simple understanding or for exposing someone

G

getcha

vsgotcha

• Informal

9.9

Shows that you understand or agree with someone

also can mean you have exposed or caught someone in the act

Compounds

G

gotcha journalism

• Literature

2 8.0

A way reporters try to catch politicians making mistakes in a harsh way

How Aware

gotcha

• Informal

109 8.1

to catch that

• Informal

44 3.0

oh

∞ 1.0

huh

• Informal

648 8.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology