Synonyms of beheld

beheld

verb

past tense of behold

1

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

to anyone who beholds the immense complexity of life on earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in noticed

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

I opened the window blinds and beheld snow everywhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticed
• saw
• spotted
• eyed
• regarded
• remarked
• viewed
• spied
• observed
• watched
• looked (at)
• witnessed
• espied
• noted
• sighted
• perceived
• discerned
• descried
• caught
• distinguished
• identified
• laid eyes on
• set eyes on
• got a load of
• considered
• picked out
• attended (to)
• marked
• examined
• studied
• glimpsed
• scanned
• surveyed
• inspected
• made out
• scrutinized
• heeded
• glanced (at)
• picked up
• peered (at)
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded
• passed over
• missed
• overpassed
• overlooked