understand

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of UNDERSTAND

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information <as I understand it, this is the best plan that we have>

Synonyms conclude, decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, judge, make out, reason, understand

Related Words assume, suppose; conjecture, guess, speculate, surmise; construe, interpret, read; contemplate, philosophize, rationalize, think; ascertain, dope (out), find out

to have a practical understanding of <I think I understand how an engine works now>

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 have a clear idea of <after a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit>

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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