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 ruling has long been criticized as out of step with basic understandings of the law, and the court later refused to extend the exemption to other sports, including football, basketball and boxing. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026 The Constitution’s language ruled out neither of those understandings. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026 The two sides have offered differing understandings of whether Iran would be able to charge fees for passing vessels. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 Everyone knows everything because knowledge flows not from direct experience but from our intuitive understandings. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 For Google, that potentially unlocks new understandings of user intentions. — John Ruwitch, NPR, 22 May 2026 The design required the production team to bring a broad range of understandings, everything from electromagnetism, solenoid latches, lever arm weight multiplication, spring hinges, DMX triggers, foam fabrication, and sculpture. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 The research would have to extend into the professional realm to deepen these burgeoning understandings of how the dark facets of ourselves operate, suggesting even the necessity of the shadow as that might be directing our career choices through the world. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 Both of them are very abstract visions and understandings of the natural world. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The cities can either fight the lawsuits in court or reach agreements with the state that set court-enforceable deadlines for updating their housing elements.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
So are the licensing agreements that owners of cable channels have with cable companies.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of agreements

Noun

However, the same poll found partisanship shapes peoples’ perceptions.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 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

Definition of perceptions

Noun

The big story From Europe to New Zealand and Russia to the Middle East, labor mobility pacts have become a common feature in many of the recent deals India has finalized with its trading partners.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 July 2026
That has included defense and security pacts inked with Vanuatu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea in the past year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of pacts

Noun

Played on the show by Sarah Pidgeon, audiences on TikTok have gone into a frenzy with appreciations and tutorials showing how to style Besette staples like a white shirt, pencil skirt, and headband.

— Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
Brian LaCroix, restaurant operator at Chick-fil-A, said the fast food chain will no longer be offering the military appreciations special.

— Rosanna Fraire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025

Definition of appreciations

Noun

In oral testimony, DTIC representatives supported by the country’s labor department and trade administration emphasized that South Africa has ratified International Labour Organization fundamental conventions that bar forced labor in supply chains.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Yet, its caucuses play an outsize role in filling leadership positions, forming policy platforms, and resolving debates at its national conventions.

— Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026

Definition of conventions

Noun

Through universal intelligent manipulation, the robot autonomously plans grasps, adjusts force in real time, and navigates obstacles using seamless hand–eye coordination.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
The Hurricanes needed that to happen after the game nearly slipped out of their grasps.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025

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