Synonyms of apprehensions

apprehensions

noun

plural of apprehension

1

as in arrests

the act of taking into one's control by authority of law

apprehension of the burglar set the neighborhood at ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrests
• arrestments
• raids
• seizures
• collars
• busts
• restraints
• pinches
• imprisonments
• captivities
• captures
• detentions
• incarcerations
• confinements
• entrapments
• house arrests
• rearrests
• remands
• enchainments
• holds
• immurements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• releases
• liberations
• emancipations

2

as in understandings

the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something

a good apprehension of how computer systems work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understandings
• perceptions
• appreciations
• grasps
• comprehensions
• grips
• conceptions
• absorptions
• percipiences
• assimilations
• digestions
• holds
• realizations
• uptakes
• enlightenments
• visualizations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misunderstandings
• misperceptions
• misinterpretations
• misapprehensions
• incomprehensions
• miscomprehensions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apprehensions

But behind the pomp and ceremony of official Washington, the meeting will reveal two wary superpowers projecting their doubts and apprehensions onto the other. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Luckily, the portal unlocks your apprehensions and brings out the part of you that yearns to express yourself and achieve your passions. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

In another operation the same month, agents discussed making 31 apprehensions. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Fan apprehensions proved to be grounded when Belgium scored a third goal about 12 minutes into the second half. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026

Nearly 25% of parents who track their adult children said the monitoring could sometimes magnify their apprehensions rather than give them reassurance, according to the poll. — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 15 June 2026

So the lawsuit both, formally has to do with the idea of presidential authority in this space and also might have an effect on public opinion and public apprehensions about how our elections are run and the integrity of that process. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026

The percentage of arrests conducted in public spaces – streets, workplaces, courthouses and school parking lots – more than doubled, rising from 19% to nearly 50% of all apprehensions. — Elizabeth Cox, The Conversation, 29 May 2026