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understand

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of understand

1 to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

as I understand it, this is the best plan that we have

Synonyms of understand

conclude, decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, infer, judge, make out, reason

Words Related to understand

assume, suppose

conjecture, guess, speculate, surmise

construe, interpret, read

contemplate, philosophize, rationalize, think

ascertain, dope (out), find out

Phrases Synonymous with understand

draw a conclusion

2 to have a practical understanding of

I think I understand how an engine works now

Synonyms of understand

comprehend, grasp, know

Words Related to understand

appreciate, apprehend, cognize, fathom, follow, ken [chiefly Scottish], perceive, savvy

catch on (to), pick up

Near Antonyms of understand

misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misunderstand

3 to have a clear idea of

after a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit

Synonyms of understand

appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig

Words Related to understand

absorb, digest, take in

fathom, penetrate, pierce

Phrases Synonymous with understand

Near Antonyms of understand

misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand

Antonyms of understand

Synonym Discussion of understand

understand, comprehend, appreciate mean to have a clear or complete idea of. understand and comprehend are very often interchangeable. understand may, however, stress the fact of having attained a firm mental grasp of something.

- orders that were fully understood and promptly obeyed

comprehend may stress the process of coming to grips with something intellectually.

- I have trouble comprehending your reasons for doing this

appreciate implies a just evaluation or judgment of a thing's value or nature.

- failed to appreciate the risks involved

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