Antonyms for understanding
ˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋun·der·stand·ing

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1. understanding

   Mind, in a general sense, includes all the powers of sentient being apart from the physical factors in bodily faculties and activities; in a limited sense, mind is nearly synonymous with intellect, but includes disposition, or the tendency toward action, as appears in the phrase "to have a mind to work." As the seat of mental activity, brain (colloquially brains) is often used as a synonym for mind, intellect, intelligence. Thought, the act, process, or power of thinking, is often used to denote the thinking faculty, and especially the reason. The instinct of animals is now held by many philosophers to be of the same nature as the intellect of man, but inferior and limited; yet the apparent difference is very great.

   An instinct is a propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction.

   Paley Natural Philosophy ch. 18.

   In this sense we speak of human instincts, thus denoting tendencies independent of reasoning or instruction. The soul includes the intellect, sensibilities, and will; beyond what is expressed by the word mind, the soul denotes especially the moral, the immortal nature; we say of a dead body, the soul (not the mind) has fled. Spirit is used especially in contradistinction from matter; it may in many cases be substituted for soul, but soul has commonly a fuller and more determinate meaning; we can conceive of spirits as having no moral nature; the fairies, elves, and brownies of mythology might be termed spirits, but not souls. In the figurative sense, spirit denotes animation, excitability, perhaps impatience; as, a lad of spirit; he sang with spirit; he replied with spirit. Soul denotes energy and depth of feeling, as when we speak of soulful eyes; or it may denote the very life of anything; as, "the hidden soul of harmony," Milton L'Allegro l. 144. Sense may be an antonym of intellect, as when we speak of the sense of hearing; but sense is used also as denoting clear mental action, good judgment, acumen; as, he is a man of sense, or, he showed good sense; sense, even in its material signification, must be reckoned among the activities of mind, tho dependent on bodily functions; the mind, not the eye, really sees; the mind, not the ear, really hears. Consciousness includes all that a sentient being perceives, knows, thinks, or feels, from whatever source arising and of whatever character, kind, or degree, whether with or without distinct thinking, feeling, or willing; we speak of the consciousness of the brute, of the savage, or of the sage. The intellect is that assemblage of faculties which is concerned with knowledge, as distinguished from emotion and volition. Understanding is the Saxon word of the same general import, but is chiefly used of the reasoning powers; the understanding, which Sir Wm. Hamilton has called "the faculty of relations and comparisons," is distinguished by many philosophers from reason in that "reason is the faculty of the higher cognitions or a priori truth."

   Antonyms:
   body, brawn, brute force, material substance, matter

   Synonyms:
   brain, consciousness, disposition, instinct, intellect, intelligence, mind, reason, reason, sense, soul, spirit, thought

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1. understanding

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconstruction, mindlessness, irrationality

   Synonyms:
   knowledge, discernment, interpretation, construction, agreement, intellect, intelligence, mind, sense, conception, reason, brains

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1. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvynoun

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, unperceiving

   Synonyms:
   sympathy, judgement, intellect, collar, perceptiveness, dread, discernment, appreciation, misgiving, taste, catch, sagaciousness, judgment, pinch, discretion, savvy, reason, apprehension, agreement, taking into custody, arrest, sagacity, apprehensiveness

2. agreement, understandingnoun

   the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

   "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, unperceiving

   Synonyms:
   agreement, arrangement, savvy, apprehension, reason, correspondence, concord, intellect, sympathy, accord, discernment

3. sympathy, understandingnoun

   an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

   "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, unperceiving

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, intellect, savvy, fellow feeling, discernment, reason, sympathy, agreement

4. reason, understanding, intellectadjective

   the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

   "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

   Antonyms:
   unperceiving, unperceptive

   Synonyms:
   intellect, rationality, savvy, apprehension, discernment, cause, reason, grounds, reasonableness, intellectual, agreement, ground, mind, sympathy

5. understandingadjective

   characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

   "an understanding friend"

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, unperceiving

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1. understandingnoun

   Synonyms:
   comprehension, discernment, apprehension, accord, entente, harmony, agreement

   Associated words:
   tacit

How to use understanding in a sentence?

1. David Harkey:

   Understanding where, when, and how these additional pedestrian crashes are happening can point the way to solutions, this analysis tells us that improvements in road design, vehicle design, and lighting and speed-limit enforcement all have a role to play in addressing the issue.

2. Cobb Scott:

   As attitudes change about cannabis use and cannabis use becomes a little bit more accepted in terms of policy and government regulation and medical cannabis use increases, I think we need to have a real understanding of the potential risks and benefits of cannabis use.

3. Chris Cillizza:

   It’s facile. It shows an actual lack of understanding of reality tv( ca n’t believe I ’m typing that). It’s mediocre. It’s a time when viewers need to understand what’s going on at the highest levels of [ government ].

4. David Leopold:

   She really spent a lot of time understanding the immigration statute. What worked, what didn't work and what could be made better. And it was kind of a very lawyerly approach, but I mean that in the best of ways.

5. Simon Harvey:

   It looks like risk appetite is in better support today. Expectations go back to the idea of a swift fiscal U.S. stimulus, there is an ongoing understanding that there is support for a large fiscal stimulus and wide bipartisan support in the Senate, as opposed to a lengthy reconciliation process.

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