have got

Questions about have got

What does have got mean?

have got means "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense".

What is another word for have got?

Close synonyms include have, hold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is have got a common word?

have got is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.