Synonyms for apprehend
ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend(verb)

   get the meaning of something

   "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, dig, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out

2. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop(verb)

   take into custody

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check

3. apprehend, quail at(verb)

   anticipate with dread or anxiety

   Synonyms:
   dig, nail, savvy, collar, arrest, pick up, nab, grok, quail at, compass, get the picture, comprehend, grasp, cop

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. apprehend(verb)

   To take or seize; to take hold of.

   Synonyms:
   fear, seize, catch, detain, understand, imagine, conceive, capture, believe, arrest, dread

2. apprehend(verb)

   Synonyms:
   believe, imagine, arrest, seize, detain, fear, understand, capture, catch, conceive, dread

3. apprehend(verb)

   To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

   Synonyms:
   fear, imagine, believe, catch, understand, seize, capture, detain, conceive, dread, arrest

4. apprehend(verb)

   To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

   Synonyms:
   understand, arrest, dread, capture, seize, fear, conceive, believe, imagine, detain, catch

5. apprehend(verb)

   To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

   Synonyms:
   detain, dread, catch, seize, fear, arrest, believe, imagine, understand, conceive, capture

6. apprehend(verb)

   To be apprehensive; to fear.

   Synonyms:
   dread, catch, seize, arrest, capture, imagine, detain, understand, fear, believe, conceive

7. apprehend(verb)

   Synonyms:
   capture, fear, understand, dread, believe, seize, catch, imagine, detain, conceive, arrest

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. apprehend

   To anticipate may be either to take before in fact or to take before in thought; in the former sense it is allied with prevent; in the latter, with the synonyms above given. This is coming to be the prevalent and favorite use. We expect that which we have good reason to believe will happen; as, a boy expects to grow to manhood. We hope for that which we much desire and somewhat expect. We apprehend what we both expect and fear. Anticipate is commonly used now, like foretaste, of that which we expect both with confidence and pleasure. In this use it is a stronger word than hope, where often "the wish is father to the thought." I hope for a visit from my friend, tho I have no word from him; I expect it when he writes that he is coming; and as the time draws near I anticipate it with pleasure. Compare ABIDE; PREVENT.

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, expect, forecast, foretaste, hope, look forward to

   Antonyms:
   despair of, distrust, doubt, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. apprehend

   Synonyms:
   comprehend, understand, take, expect, seize, conceive, arrest, fancy, dread, imagine, presume, anticipate, fear, conjecture

   Antonyms:
   ignore, miss, lose, misconjecture, misconceive, misapprehend, misanticipate

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. apprehend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   seize, arrest, take, take prisoner

2. apprehend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   conceive, imagine, see, perceive, believe, know, COMPREHEND

3. apprehend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   fear, dread, think of with fear

4. apprehend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   think, suppose, imagine, conceive, fancy, OPINE, hold, ween, presume, be of opinion, take it, entertain the idea

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   arrest, apprehending, detain, stop, capture, apprehension

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