Synonyms of apprehended

apprehended 1 of 2

adjective

as in arrested

taken and held prisoner

an apprehended crime lord who can easily post the million-dollar bail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• imprisoned
• captive
• captured
• jailed
• incarcerated
• interned
• confined
• kidnapped
• caught
• behind bars
• enslaved
• bound
• trapped
• abducted
• occupied
• subdued
• indentured
• subjugated
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• unconfined
• released
• unrestrained
• liberated
• freed
• emancipated
• delivered
• paroled
• enfranchised

apprehended

2 of 2

verb

past tense of apprehend

1

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• comprehended
• recognized
• deciphered
• grasped
• saw
• appreciated
• discerned
• realized
• sensed
• perceived
• conceived
• seized
• got
• assimilated
• beheld
• caught
• registered
• decoded
• made
• intuited
• dug
• cognized
• picked up on
• made out
• caught on (to)
• compassed
• tumbled (to)
• grokked
• savvied
• twigged
• cottoned (to or on to)
• absorbed
• digested
• penetrated
• fathomed
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misread
• mistook
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived

2

as in seized

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

• arrested
• seized
• detained
• grabbed
• restrained
• captured
• committed
• nabbed
• jailed
• caught
• nailed
• pinched
• nicked
• collared
• snatched
• ran in
• imprisoned
• busted
• picked up
• incarcerated
• pulled in
• trapped
• confined
• snared
• grappled
• interned
• handcuffed
• snapped (up)
• bound
• landed
• hooked
• locked (up)
• bagged
• rearrested
• shackled
• remanded
• held
• fettered
• got
• jugged
• immured
• manacled
• enchained
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• released
• freed
• liberated
• emancipated
• sprang
• loosened
• loosed
• unchained
• unbound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apprehended

Verb

Several Palestinians suspected of hurling rocks were apprehended for questioning, the military said in a statement. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

An investigation identified several people involved in the plot, such as the prison porter who was apprehended, other inmates and known associates. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Inside were Doe’s brother and boyfriend, both of who were briefly apprehended, per a police report obtained by CNN. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

The man then allegedly tried to get into an American Airlines lavatory service truck before Airport Police Services officers apprehended him, the outlet reported. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

The hanged man, John Morgan, had been jailed, tried for murder, and convicted, before escaping jail, getting apprehended, and being executed—all in ten days, Mellinger said. — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

While Trippie wasn’t apprehended on any charges, an investigation into the case remains ongoing. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026

The video includes the search of Mangione's bag when he was apprehended at an Altoona McDonald's, the retrieval of the murder weapon and Mangione's transport in a squad car. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

After being apprehended in Syria, she was transferred to FBI custody in January 2022. — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026