Entry Word: comprehend

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to recognize the meaning of <the age at which children can comprehend the difference between right and wrong>

Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on (to), dig [slang], get, grasp, make, make out, perceive, see, seize, tumble (to), understand

Related Words absorb, assimilate, digest, take in; know, realize, sense; fathom, penetrate

Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand

Antonyms miss

2 to have a practical understanding of <it took me a while to comprehend algebra> — see know 1
3 to have as part of a whole <his system comprehends all of history> — see include