Synonyms of perceptions

perceptions

noun

plural of perception

as in understandings

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

a growing perception of the enormity of the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perceptions

How To Measure Free Cash Flow Correctly The shift in focus by investors from earnings to free cash flow marks a turning point in market perceptions. — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The study’s explicit inclusion of visitors’ perceptions of utility, and particularly the idea that visitors seem to actually respond to recommendations, raises the question of how museums should wield this power over the visitor experience. — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

Research shows that one in two girls who quit sports has been criticized for their body type, and Penso wishes her presence on the pitch can challenge those perceptions. — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

But perceptions have changed over recent years, and rightly so. — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities. — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Across Wall Street, one of the first orders of an analyst’s day is to check the performance of longer-term Treasuries and the yields on them, which indicate investors’ perceptions of risk. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 July 2026

These included severe anxiety, traumatic memories, altered perceptions and difficulties functioning in everyday life. — Ronald S. Green, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Winemakers in the Grand River Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) have shifted tastes and perceptions away from syrupy sweet Midwestern fruit wines to dry, bold, mature wines worthy of the spotlight. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 13 July 2026