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Synonyms for apprehend
ˌæp rɪˈhɛndap·pre·hend

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehendverb

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

  2. apprehendverb

    To take or seize; to take hold of.

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

  3. apprehendverb

    To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

    to apprehend a criminal.

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

  4. apprehendverb

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

  5. apprehendverb

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

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

  6. apprehendverb

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

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

  7. apprehendverb

    To be apprehensive; to fear.

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb

    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, copverb

    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 atverb

    anticipate with dread or anxiety

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehendverb

    Synonyms:
    seize, arrest, take, take prisoner

  2. apprehendverb

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

  3. apprehendverb

    Synonyms:
    fear, dread, think of with fear

  4. apprehendverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehendverb

    Synonyms:
    arrest, seize, understand, recognize, consider believe, anticipate, dread, fear

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "apprehend":

    arrest, apprehending, detain, stop, capture, apprehension

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How to use apprehend in a sentence?

  1. Steve Cohen:

    They were not there to serve and protect, or even to apprehend ; they were there to punish and dominate.

  2. Bruce Bennett/Pool via AP:

    Our player, who is in St. Louis for our rookie camp, is safe as local authorities work to apprehend the suspect, we will have no further comment at this time.

  3. Alfred North Whitehead:

    Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

  4. Greg Abbott:

    This tragic loss is a grave reminder of the risks that our law enforcement officers face every single day, i thank the officers who bravely responded to apprehend the suspect, and I assure you that the state of Texas is committed to bringing this killer to justice.

  5. Sam Liccardo:

    Smash-and-grab mobs are an affront to the hard work and safety of shoppers, retail workers and shopkeepers throughout the region, the expanded investment in license plate reader cameras add to the larger tool set law enforcement uses to apprehend organized burglary rings.


Translations for apprehend

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  • قب� علىArabic
  • долавям, схващам, хващам, опасявам се, арестувам, задържамBulgarian
  • aprehendreCatalan, Valencian
  • pågribeDanish
  • festnehmen, begreifen, fangenGerman
  • comprender, detener, coger, temer, captar, entender, capturar, aprehender, prender, percibirSpanish
  • درک کردنPersian
  • appréhenderFrench
  • snappen, begrijpen, vattenDutch
  • capturar, apreender, prender, deterPortuguese
  • chapayQuechua
  • задержать, арестоватьRussian
  • aretirati, prijeti, pojmiti, bati seSlovene
  • gripa, greppa, förståSwedish
  • จับกุมThai

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