Synonyms of apprehending

apprehending

verb

present participle of apprehend

1

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knowing
• understanding
• recognizing
• deciphering
• comprehending
• seeing
• grasping
• appreciating
• perceiving
• realizing
• conceiving
• sensing
• discerning
• getting
• assimilating
• seizing
• cognizing
• intuiting
• beholding
• making
• decoding
• registering
• catching
• compassing
• digging
• tumbling (to)
• catching on (to)
• grokking
• making out
• savvying
• twigging
• fathoming
• picking up on
• absorbing
• cottoning (to or on to)
• digesting
• taking in
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• mistaking
• misunderstanding
• misinterpreting
• misconstruing
• misreading
• misapprehending
• misconceiving
• misperceiving

2

as in arresting

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

• arresting
• seizing
• detaining
• grabbing
• restraining
• capturing
• committing
• nabbing
• pinching
• nailing
• running in
• nicking
• catching
• snatching
• jailing
• collaring
• pulling in
• busting
• imprisoning
• incarcerating
• trapping
• picking up
• confining
• snaring
• grappling
• hooking
• bagging
• handcuffing
• snapping (up)
• landing
• locking (up)
• holding
• getting
• interning
• remanding
• shackling
• binding
• fettering
• jugging
• enchaining
• immuring
• trammeling
• manacling
• rearresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• freeing
• springing
• releasing
• emancipating
• liberating
• loosening
• loosing
• unchaining
• unbinding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apprehending

The film cuts between Murray cautiously opening the suspicious package and FBI agents apprehending Kaczynski decades later. — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

One deputy suffered minor injuries while apprehending Cody Frank, while another was treated for possible fentanyl exposure after taking one of the suspects to jail, authorities said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

She’s tasked with apprehending The Puppet Master (Iemasa Kayumi), a hacker who appears to be tapping directly into these networked minds and altering memories. — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026

The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service and New Mexico State Police assisted in apprehending Jones, Hann said. — Caroline Zimmerman may 28, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026

Federal immigration agents fanned across the city, apprehending workers at car washes, garment businesses, Home Depots and other locations. — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026

This arc is advancing slower than a glacier on Hoth, and Mando apprehending a couple of mid-level Imps on the big screen doesn't really fill the gap. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 25 May 2026

In the video shared exclusively with Fox News by ICE, officers are seen apprehending and arresting the Honduran national. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Danamarie McNicholl, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 compelled authorities in northern free states to assist in apprehending and returning those who escaped back to slavery. — Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026