know

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of KNOW

to have a practical understanding of <a career diplomat who knows several languages>

Synonyms comprehend, grasp, understand

Related Words appreciate, apprehend, cognize, fathom, follow, ken [chiefly Scottish], perceive, savvy; have, possess; catch on (to), pick up

Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misunderstand

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <a gripping news story about orphans who have come to know full well the horrors of war>

Synonyms endure, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness

Related Words encounter, meet; accept, receive; assimilate, digest

to have a clear idea of <I think I know what you're trying to say>

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

Related Words absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierce

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

Antonyms miss

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