Synonyms of apprehend

apprehend

verb

1

as in to understand

to have a clear idea of

do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• comprehend
• recognize
• decipher
• grasp
• see
• appreciate
• discern
• perceive
• conceive
• realize
• sense
• assimilate
• seize
• intuit
• get
• cognize
• catch
• decode
• make
• dig
• grok
• register
• savvy
• behold
• fathom
• twig
• make out
• compass
• absorb
• pick up on
• catch on (to)
• tumble (to)
• digest
• penetrate
• cotton (to or on to)
• take in
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misunderstand
• misconstrue
• misinterpret
• misapprehend
• misread
• mistake
• misconceive
• misperceive

• miss
• misunderstand
• misconstrue
• misinterpret
• misapprehend
• misread
• mistake
• misconceive
• misperceive

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2

as in to arrest

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrest
• seize
• detain
• restrain
• grab
• capture
• nab
• commit
• catch
• snatch
• imprison
• pinch
• jail
• nick
• nail
• confine
• bust
• run in
• trap
• pick up
• grapple
• pull in
• incarcerate
• snare
• collar
• snap (up)
• hook
• bind
• get
• land
• hold
• shackle
• handcuff
• lock (up)
• enchain
• remand
• fetter
• immure
• bag
• intern
• manacle
• rearrest
• trammel
• jug

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharge
• liberate
• emancipate
• release
• loosen
• loose
• free
• spring
• unchain
• unbind

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• discharge
• liberate
• emancipate
• release
• loosen
• loose
• free
• spring
• unchain
• unbind

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