Antonyms for understood
ˌʌn dərˈstʊdun·der·stood

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. understoodadjective

   fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

   "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"

   Antonyms:
   undigested, misunderstood, ununderstood, ungrasped, expressed, explicit, uncomprehended

   Synonyms:
   tacit, silent

2. silent, tacit, understoodadjective

   implied by or inferred from actions or statements

   "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"

   Antonyms:
   explicit, misunderstood, ununderstood, ungrasped, expressed, undigested, uncomprehended

   Synonyms:
   soundless, tacit, mute, silent, still, mum, dumb, unsounded

How to use understood in a sentence?

1. Christina Francis:

   ’Partial birth abortion', while not a medical term, is a clearly understood phrase, used not only in the federal law banning this procedure but also in the Supreme Court case that upheld this law. The medical term for this procedure is intact dilation and extraction.

2. Leo C. Rosten:

   A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

3. Craig Patterson:

   We wanted to make sure that people understood that this isn’t what’s coming for the next Bronco, that was kind of the only downside to it, that people would see it and say, ‘OK, that must be what the new Bronco’s going to be.’ And that’s not the case.

4. Bowe Bergdahl:

   One of the reasons why I was focusing on dancing was because that put me in an environment that forced me to actually interact on a social level that I was never used to, because growing up in the household that I grew up in girls didn't exist to me until I turned 17 ... I understood that I needed to work on that.

5. Sarah Michelle Gellar:

   There was something so beautiful to me about the Buffy and Angel story, i think that Spike understood a different part of who Buffy was and I think she needed to understand that and discover. But for me as Buffy, I think Angel.

How to pronounce understood?

How to say understood in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency