Synonyms for comprehend
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛnd

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)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, apprehend, cop, hold on, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out

2. perceive, comprehend(verb)

   to become aware of through the senses

   "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dig, apprehend, perceive, savvy, encompass, grok, compass, get the picture, grasp, embrace

3. embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover(verb)

   include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

   "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

   Synonyms:
   wrap up, compass, get over, embrace, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, track

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. comprehend

   To catch is to come up with or take possession of something departing, fugitive, or illusive. We catch a runaway horse, a flying ball, a mouse in a trap. We clutch with a swift, tenacious movement of the fingers; we grasp with a firm but moderate closure of the whole hand; we grip or gripe with the strongest muscular closure of the whole hand possible to exert. We clasp in the arms. We snatch with a quick, sudden, and usually a surprising motion. In the figurative sense, catch is used of any act that brings a person or thing into our power or possession; as, to catch a criminal in the act; to catch an idea, in the sense of apprehend or comprehend. Compare ARREST.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, discover, ensnare, entrap, grasp, grip, gripe, lay hold of (on, upon), overtake, secure, seize, snatch, take, take hold of

   Antonyms:
   fail of, fall short of, give up, let go, lose, miss, release, restore, throw aside, throw away

   Preposition:
   To catch at a straw; to catch a fugitive by the collar; to catch a ball with the left hand; he caught the disease from the patient; the thief was caught in the act; the bird in the snare.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. comprehend

   Synonyms:
   comprise, embody, grasp, understand, conceive, apprehend, enclose, include, involve, embrace

   Antonyms:
   exclude, except, misunderstand

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

1. comprehend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   comprise, include, enclose, embrace, contain, embody, take in

2. comprehend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   grasp (mentally), understand (fully), apprehend, conceive, imagine, see, discern, perceive, enter into the idea of, catch the idea of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. comprehend(v)

   Synonyms:
   understand, fathom, grasp, embrace, comprise, embody, contain

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

1. List of paraphrases:

   understand, understanding

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How to use comprehend in a sentence?

1. Gift Gugu Mona:

   God is a great God. Even when there are technological advances, nothing can ever replace Him nor His works. His greatness is beyond what a human mind can comprehend.

2. University College:

   On behalf of the entire University community, I wish to extend our condolences to the families and friends of those who died and to those who were injured, we can not comprehend the desperate shock and grief they are feeling and we are heartbroken at their suffering and loss.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

4. Binghamton University:

   Today I had the opportunity to meet with members of Haley’s immediate family and learn more about her as a daughter, sister and loyal friend, haley was just months away from graduation, with a bright future ahead of her, and it is difficult to comprehend that she will no longer be with us.

5. Jonathan Gibralter:

   In college, many times students drink in a way that most people don't comprehend. They drink to accomplish a goal called becoming blackout drunk, they don't know their own capacity, and oftentimes underage students get into situations where they find themselves in trouble and they don't even know how they got there.

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