Thesaurus
grasp
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GRASP
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to put one's arms around and press tightly <the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual>
3
to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms <the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door>
4
to have a clear idea of <the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her>
Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, 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, understand
Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand
Antonyms miss
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