UNDERSTANDINGS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

understandings

noun

plural of understanding

as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken the tenants came to an understanding with the landlord that they would be able to renew their leases for the same rent

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as in perceptions

the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something a social observer with a deep understanding of the problems that the nation's cities face in the 21st century

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Recent Examples of understandings The realism, though, comes in the particularity of the Spanish dialogue, the cultural exchanges, and colloquial understandings that run through this community — and from Mexico to the United States. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026 In the twelfth century, understandings of bodies and illnesses were grounded in humoral theory, and Hildegard followed these principles in her writings about conception, birth, and physical maternity. —

Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 This patchwork of assurances and understandings held throughout the year of fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters that followed Hamas’ October 2023 attack on southern Israel. —

Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026 The divergence had nothing to do with culture and everything to do with different understandings of the technology. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 More to Explore Matamonasa-Bennett suggests rethinking approaches to EAT with the help of understandings of human-animal relationships found in Indigenous cultures. —

Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2026 Gelb said the broad crime rate decreases have made some criminologists question historic understandings of what drives trends in violent crime and how to battle it. —

Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026 And as states started to abandon Common Core, school controversies began to focus less on standards and achievement than on competing understandings of America itself. —

Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025 This ambitious agenda puts the spotlight on the country’s sports diplomacy, in which athletic endeavors serve as an arena for gaining influence, cultivating international leadership, interacting with foreign audiences, and facilitating conversations that can lead to better understandings. —

Time, 9 Dec. 2025

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Cross-border electricity grids, LNG supply agreements, mineral partnerships, and technology standards are becoming instruments of diplomacy as much as economic policy.

— Derek Chollet, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This resulted in the development of long-term agreements between broadcasters and producers in an effort to save costs and ensure greater stability, a situation that favored the bigger companies, which again increased their market share.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026