Antonyms for comprehension
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn ʃəncom·pre·hen·sion

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1. comprehensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   understanding

2. comprehensionnoun

   thorough understanding

   Synonyms:
   understanding

3. comprehensionnoun

   The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.

   Synonyms:
   understanding

4. comprehensionnoun

   a compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages

   Synonyms:
   understanding

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1. comprehension

   Knowledge is all that the mind knows, from whatever source derived or obtained, or by whatever process; the aggregate of facts, truths, or principles acquired or retained by the mind, including alike the intuitions native to the mind and all that has been learned respecting phenomena, causes, laws, principles, literature, etc. There is a tendency to regard knowledge as accurate and systematic, and to a certain degree complete. Information is knowledge of fact, real or supposed, derived from persons, books, or observation, and is regarded as casual and haphazard. We say of a studious man that he has a great store of knowledge, or of an intelligent man of the world, that he has a fund of varied information. Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition. We speak of perception of external objects, apprehension of intellectual truth. Simple perception gives a limited knowledge of external objects, merely as such; the cognition of the same objects is a knowledge of them in some relation; cognizance is the formal or official recognition of something as an object of knowledge; we take cognizance of it. Intuition is primary knowledge antecedent to all teaching or reasoning, experience is knowledge that has entered directly into one's own life; as, a child's experience that fire will burn. Learning is much higher than information, being preeminently wide and systematic knowledge, the result of long, assiduous study; erudition is recondite learning secured only by extraordinary industry, opportunity, and ability. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; EDUCATION; SCIENCE; WISDOM.

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity

   Synonyms:
   acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, erudition, experience, information, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, perception, recognition, scholarship, science, wisdom

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1. comprehension

   Antonyms:
   misunderstanding, misconception

   Synonyms:
   understanding, conception, capacity, perception, apprehension

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1. • Understanding

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1. comprehensionnoun

   an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)

   "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

   Antonyms:
   incomprehension

   Synonyms:
   inclusion

2. inclusion, comprehensionnoun

   the relation of comprising something

   "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"

   Antonyms:
   incomprehension

   Synonyms:
   cellular inclusion, inclusion, inclusion body

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1. comprehensionnoun

   Antonyms:
   incomprehension, inapprehension

   Synonyms:
   understanding, apprehension

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1. comprehension

   Synonyms:
   Apperception Note: Comprehension is widely preferred, entry is included for cross-reference purposes
   

How to use comprehension in a sentence?

1. Nigel Farage:

   It is now unpredictable beyond comprehension.

2. Nick Langworthy:

   It defies comprehension how such a blatant antisemitic question passed through the layers of approval process in our state’s education system, but unfortunately, it’s a reflection of the far-left anti-Israel ideology that is permeating our government.

3. Nick LaLota:

   Antisemitism in any form is vile, unacceptable, and I condemn it in the strongest way possible. New York students should be learning and tested on real history, not ideological revisions. I urge Governor Hochul and Commissioner Rosa to act in the best interest of our students, it defies comprehension how such a blatant antisemitic question passed through the layers of approval process in our state’s education system, but unfortunately, it’s a reflection of the far-left anti-Israel ideology that is permeating our government.

4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   There are three things which are real God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.

5. Henry Paulson:

   PPA may start with difficulty simply finding words, so people begin to use simpler words or more generic words for things they can’t quite recall, now that also comes with the territory of aging, but when the language is more effortful on a daily basis, or the comprehension is going downhill, that’s a sign that someone should see a doctor for an evaluation.

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