understand - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

Synonyms

• understand

More specific

• apprehend
• bottom
• catch
• compass
• comprehend
• construe
• dig
• fathom
• figure out
• follow
• get
• get the picture
• grasp
• grok
• interpret
• lick
• make out
• penetrate
• puzzle out
• read
• savvy
• see
• sense
• solve
• touch
• translate
• understand
• work
• work out

Verb

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

Synonyms

• realise
• realize
• see
• understand

More specific

• appreciate
• perceive
• take account

Related

• envision
• fancy
• figure
• image
• picture
• project
• see
• visualise
• visualize

Verb

believe to be the case

Synonyms

• infer
• understand

More generic

• believe

Verb

make sense of a language

Synonyms

• interpret
• read
• translate
• understand

More generic

• understand

Verb

be understanding of

Synonyms

• empathise
• empathize
• sympathise
• sympathize
• understand

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