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Synonyms for apprehension
ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃənap·pre·hen·sion
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Wiktionary
apprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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inapprehensionapprehensionnoun
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alarm
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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affright, alarm, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidityAntonyms:
assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, securityPreposition:
Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.
Princeton's WordNet
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dreadnoun
fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
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pinch, savvy, collar, misgiving, dread, arrest, taking into custody, understanding, catch, apprehensiveness, discernmentunderstanding, apprehension, discernment, savvynoun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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sympathy, judgement, intellect, collar, perceptiveness, dread, discernment, appreciation, misgiving, taste, catch, sagaciousness, judgment, pinch, discretion, savvy, reason, understanding, agreement, taking into custody, arrest, sagacity, apprehensivenessapprehension, misgivingnoun
painful expectation
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savvy, mistrust, suspicion, scruple, dread, misgiving, catch, arrest, pinch, distrust, qualm, understanding, taking into custody, discernment, collar, apprehensivenessapprehension, 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"
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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 Synonymes
apprehensionnoun
apprehensionnoun
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understanding, intellect, intelligence, intellection, mind, reasonapprehensionnoun
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conception, IMAGINATION, the mind's eyeapprehensionnoun
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knowledge, discernment, perception, senseapprehensionnoun
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opinion, belief, fancy, supposition, judgment, sentiment, idea, notionapprehensionnoun
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fear, dread, distrust, suspicion, anxiety, solicitude, care, concern, misgiving, alarm, worry, disquiet, uneasiness, vexation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
apprehensionnoun
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seizure, arrest, opinion, conception, belief, notion, understanding, fear, dread, anxiety, solicitude, alarm
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "apprehension":
fear, arrest, foreboding, detention, concern, trepidation, capture, anxiety, apprehend
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #272 | check | |
| #708 | agreement | |
| #1001 | stay | |
| #1038 | stop | |
| #1246 | reason | |
| #1536 | match | |
| #1670 | understanding | |
| #1909 | emergency | |
| #2192 | touch | |
| #2824 | fear | |
| #3115 | concern | |
| #3635 | catch | |
| #4006 | capture | |
| #4103 | taste | |
| #4148 | alarm | |
| #4456 | judgment | |
| #5421 | terror | |
| #6386 | anxiety | |
| #6747 | discretion | |
| #7321 | snap | |
| #7523 | arrest | |
| #7552 | grab | |
| #7597 | collar | |
| #7791 | appreciation | |
| #8550 | panic | |
| #8915 | hint | |
| #9861 | sympathy | |
| #10067 | detention | |
| #12068 | judgement | |
| #13468 | savvy | |
| #13959 | halt | |
| #14302 | haul | |
| #14594 | hitch | |
| #15340 | suspicion | |
| #16326 | snatch | |
| #17127 | pinch | |
| #19073 | intellect | |
| #19308 | tweak | |
| #19676 | dread | |
| #22449 | leash | |
| #28001 | mite | |
| #29576 | fright | |
| #30578 | apprehension | |
| #30914 | speck | |
| #31101 | distrust | |
| #33345 | dismay | |
| #34118 | choker | |
| #42649 | gimmick | |
| #43337 | mistrust | |
| #44038 | discernment | |
| #44346 | jot | |
| #48365 | stoppage | |
| #53441 | apprehend | |
| #60338 | consternation | |
| #60838 | timidity | |
| #60954 | trepidation | |
| #62776 | tinge | |
| #71424 | foreboding | |
| #91928 | sagacity | |
| #102610 | solicitude | |
| #115959 | exigency | |
| #119856 | neckband | |
| #120240 | scruple | |
| #184580 | qualm | |
| #187910 | misgiving | |
| #209786 | soupcon | |
| #224580 | affright | |
| #283640 | perceptiveness | |
| #308383 | disquietude |
How to use apprehension in a sentence?
There has been an attempt by the right to co-opt trans voices to suit a certain version of history, our apprehension is also that some are trying to further (their) own personal career moves.
Superintendent Donna McMullan:
Although there are some parents who are concerned, there are many who are excited about their students returning to school, i recognize there are feelings of apprehension, considering Jefferson City Schools have been closed since March 16, 2020. Regardless of start date, there will be higher levels of anxiety due to the uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 situation.
It takes a special skill a lot of practice from Border Patrol agents to be able to master that, it takes hours. Sometimes, we track groups for hours. Hopefully we can make this apprehension.
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.
The Court finds such fear and anxiety is inextricably intertwined with voters' physical health. Such apprehension will limit citizens' rights to cast their votes in person. The Court also finds that lack of immunity from Covid-19 is indeed a physical condition.
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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