Synonyms of cotton (to or on to)

cotton (to or on to)

verb

as in to know

to have a clear idea of

failed to cotton on to the fact that her senatorial campaign was going nowhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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