Antonyms for perceive
pərˈsivper·ceive

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 6 votes

1. perceive

   We perceive what is presented through the senses. We apprehend what is presented to the mind, whether through the senses or by any other means. Yet perceive is used in the figurative sense of seeing through to a conclusion, in a way for which usage would not allow us to substitute apprehend; as, "Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet," John iv, 19. That which we apprehend we catch, as with the hand; that which we conceive we are able to analyze and recompose in our mind; that which we comprehend, we, as it were, grasp around, take together, seize, embrace wholly within the mind. Many things may be apprehended which can not be comprehended; a child can apprehend the distinction between right and wrong, yet the philosopher can not comprehend it in its fulness. We can apprehend the will of God as revealed in conscience or the Scriptures; we can conceive of certain attributes of Deity, as his truth and justice; but no finite intelligence can comprehend the Divine Nature, in its majesty, power, and perfection. Compare ANTICIPATE; ARREST; CATCH; KNOWLEDGE.

   Antonyms:
   fail of, ignore, lose, misapprehend, misconceive, miss, overlook

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, comprehend, conceive, understand

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. perceive

   Antonyms:
   miss, misobserve, overlook, misunderstand, misconceive, misperceive

   Synonyms:
   discern, distinguish, descry, observe, feel, touch, see, recognize, understand, know

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1. • Realize

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. perceive, comprehendverb

   to become aware of through the senses

   "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dig, apprehend, savvy, encompass, grok, compass, get the picture, comprehend, grasp, embrace

2. perceiveverb

   become conscious of

   "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"

   Synonyms:
   comprehend

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1. perceiveverb

   Synonyms:
   see, discern, observe, apprehend, comprehend, understand

How to use perceive in a sentence?

1. Albert Einstein:

   My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

2. Thomas Plunkett:

   I’m not trying to say he wasn’t trained, i’m saying the training was inadequate to help him see, perceive and understand what was happening here.

3. Jay Faison:

   These persuadable voters perceive candidates who check the box and take the party line every single time as someone not necessarily watching out for their best interests.

4. Mary Caroline Richards:

   The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.

5. Corey Saylor:

   Trump's rhetoric is a direct threat to American principles. He has mainstreamed anti-Constitutional ideas like banning or surveilling people based on faith, such divisive rhetoric contributes to a toxic environment in which some people take the law into their own hands and attack people of institutions they perceive as Muslim.

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