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Synonyms for apprehension
ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃənap·pre·hen·sion

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  2. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  3. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  4. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  5. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  6. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  7. apprehensionnoun

    Antonyms:
    inapprehension

  8. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    alarm

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehension

    Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

    Synonyms:
    affright, alarm, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidity

    Antonyms:
    assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

    Preposition:
    Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehension, apprehensiveness, dreadnoun

    fearful expectation or anticipation

    "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

    Synonyms:
    pinch, savvy, collar, misgiving, dread, arrest, taking into custody, understanding, catch, apprehensiveness, discernment

  2. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvynoun

    the cognitive condition of someone who understands

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

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

  3. apprehension, misgivingnoun

    painful expectation

    Synonyms:
    savvy, mistrust, suspicion, scruple, dread, misgiving, catch, arrest, pinch, distrust, qualm, understanding, taking into custody, discernment, collar, apprehensiveness

  4. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodynoun

    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

    "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, hint, touch, understanding, mite, jot, stoppage, catch, halt, shoe collar, dog collar, snap, match, snatch, tinge, soupcon, exigency, speck, neckband, collar, taking into custody, leash, stop, discernment, misgiving, emergency, arrest, tweak, pinch, stay, apprehensiveness, dread, savvy, gimmick, grab, haul, choker, check

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    seizure, arrest

  2. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    understanding, intellect, intelligence, intellection, mind, reason

  3. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    conception, IMAGINATION, the mind's eye

  4. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    knowledge, discernment, perception, sense

  5. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    opinion, belief, fancy, supposition, judgment, sentiment, idea, notion

  6. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    fear, dread, distrust, suspicion, anxiety, solicitude, care, concern, misgiving, alarm, worry, disquiet, uneasiness, vexation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. apprehensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    seizure, arrest, opinion, conception, belief, notion, understanding, fear, dread, anxiety, solicitude, alarm

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "apprehension":

    fear, arrest, foreboding, detention, concern, trepidation, capture, anxiety, apprehend

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1246reason
#1536match
#1670understanding
#1909emergency
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#4103taste
#4148alarm
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#6747discretion
#7321snap
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#7552grab
#7597collar
#7791appreciation
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#8915hint
#9861sympathy
#10067detention
#12068judgement
#13468savvy
#13959halt
#14302haul
#14594hitch
#15340suspicion
#16326snatch
#17127pinch
#19073intellect
#19308tweak
#19676dread
#22449leash
#28001mite
#29576fright
#30578apprehension
#30914speck
#31101distrust
#33345dismay
#34118choker
#42649gimmick
#43337mistrust
#44038discernment
#44346jot
#48365stoppage
#53441apprehend
#60338consternation
#60838timidity
#60954trepidation
#62776tinge
#71424foreboding
#91928sagacity
#102610solicitude
#115959exigency
#119856neckband
#120240scruple
#184580qualm
#187910misgiving
#209786soupcon
#224580affright
#283640perceptiveness
#308383disquietude

How to use apprehension in a sentence?

  1. Auwalu Ibrahim:

    Everyone has been told to go home due to apprehension about the blasts.

  2. Rodrigo Catril:

    After we went home on Friday, Asian equities closed the week weaker... reflecting an increased level of apprehension on whether or not the U.S. and China can find an agreement to de-escalate their trade tensions ahead of the March 1st deadline, u.S.-led trade uncertainty along with increasing concerns over the extent of the current global growth slowdown has seen an increase in demand for core global bonds.

  3. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Indian share investors are in grip of tremendous fear upon seeing the market crash for the last one & half month since April 2022 and out of panic they are in selling spree and taking out their investment to leave the capital market for ever. There is no such traders apprehension being shown through any channels

  4. White House:

    Under the president’s budget, key federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service will have the resources they need to fight violent crime, including through fugitive apprehension and enforcement operations, the budget also ensures U.S. attorneys have the necessary support to prosecute violent criminals.

  5. Police Chief Tom Lewis:

    This officer was involved in a K-9 apprehension incident, currently that incident is in civil litigation.


Translations for apprehension

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  • اعتقالArabic
  • разбиране, схващане, представа, арест, задържане, мнение, опасение, хващанеBulgarian
  • pochopení, obavaCzech
  • AuffassungGerman
  • aprensión, arrestoSpanish
  • ymmärtäminen, pidätys, käsitys, ymmärrys, pidättäminen, ottaminen, aavistusFinnish
  • डरHindi
  • חֲשָׁשׁHebrew
  • 捕捉Japanese
  • pekerauMāori
  • arrestatie, opinie, visie, verstand, vrees, begrip, begrijpen, grijpen, angst, gezichtspunt, vastgrijpenDutch
  • idee, părere, arestare, aprehensiune, arest, înțelegere, opinie, concepție, pricepereRomanian
  • задержание, хватание, представление, осмысление, мнение, арест, понимание, опасениеRussian
  • shvaćanje, arest, poimanje, hapšenje, strepnjaSerbo-Croatian
  • oro, fruktan, farhågaSwedish
  • பயம்Tamil

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