Synonyms of incomprehension

incomprehension

noun

(ˌ)in-ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-shən 

as in misunderstanding

a failure to understand correctly

the anthropologist's apparent incomprehension of the ceremonial rites she describes in her book surprised reviewers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstanding
• misinterpretation
• misconstruction
• mistake
• misreading
• misimpression
• misapprehension
• misconstruing
• misconception
• misknowledge
• misperception
• astigmatism
• misprision

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understanding
• knowledge
• comprehension
• perception
• appreciation
• conception
• apprehension
• grasp
• consciousness
• awareness
• realization
• prehension
• grokking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incomprehension

For someone like me, brought up Catholic, mortal sin has remained the secret par excellence, a pagan custom, delicious in its dark-ness and all the human incomprehension that surrounds it. — Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026

There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure. — Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025

At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity. — Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

The piece, as is true of much of my reporting, grew from my own incomprehension and curiosity about what was going on. — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025