Synonyms for understand
ˌʌn dərˈstændun·der·stand

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1. understandverb

   Antonyms:
   misunderstand

2. understandverb

   To be aware of the meaning of.

   Synonyms:
   grasp, apprehend, comprehend, grok, realise, perceive, know

   Antonyms:
   misunderstand

3. understandverb

   To believe, based on information.

   I understand that you have information for me.

   Synonyms:
   believe

   Antonyms:
   misunderstand

4. understandverb

   Antonyms:
   misunderstand

5. understandverb

   Antonyms:
   misunderstand

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1. understand

   We perceive what is presented through the senses. We apprehend what is presented to the mind, whether through the senses or by any other means. Yet perceive is used in the figurative sense of seeing through to a conclusion, in a way for which usage would not allow us to substitute apprehend; as, "Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet," John iv, 19. That which we apprehend we catch, as with the hand; that which we conceive we are able to analyze and recompose in our mind; that which we comprehend, we, as it were, grasp around, take together, seize, embrace wholly within the mind. Many things may be apprehended which can not be comprehended; a child can apprehend the distinction between right and wrong, yet the philosopher can not comprehend it in its fulness. We can apprehend the will of God as revealed in conscience or the Scriptures; we can conceive of certain attributes of Deity, as his truth and justice; but no finite intelligence can comprehend the Divine Nature, in its majesty, power, and perfection. Compare ANTICIPATE; ARREST; CATCH; KNOWLEDGE.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, comprehend, conceive, perceive

   Antonyms:
   fail of, ignore, lose, misapprehend, misconceive, miss, overlook

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1. understand

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, comprehend, know, perceive, discern, conceive, learn, recognize, interpret, imply

   Antonyms:
   misapprehend, miscomprehend, ignore, misinterpret, declare, state, enunciate, express

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1. understandverb

   know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

   "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, realize, sympathise, realise, infer, sympathize, empathize, read, empathise, interpret

2. understand, realize, realise, seeverb

   perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

   "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

   Synonyms:
   earn, experience, take in, figure, date, go out, pull in, look, recognise, reckon, examine, go through, read, image, see to it, find, substantiate, go steady, actualize, construe, agnise, meet, view, get word, actualise, check, make, agnize, run across, see, find out, ascertain, fancy, picture, gain, translate, visualize, regard, empathize, realise, control, encounter, sympathise, assure, envision, watch, sympathize, run into, clear, infer, come across, determine, get a line, recognize, take care, escort, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, interpret, bring in, catch, visualise, consider, empathise, learn, realize, project, visit, discover, insure, hear

3. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

   make sense of a language

   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

   Synonyms:
   construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, interpret, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, read, realize, render, see

4. understand, inferverb

   believe to be the case

   "I understand you have no previous experience?"

   Synonyms:
   generalize, derive, infer, realise, generalise, sympathise, extrapolate, empathize, interpret, sympathize, translate, deduct, empathise, read, guess, realize, deduce, see

5. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understandverb

   be understanding of

   "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, realize, sympathise, realise, commiserate, sympathize, empathize, infer, read, empathise, interpret

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1. • Believe

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1. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, conceive, perceive, know, COMPREHEND, penetrate, discern, see, have knowledge of, see through, make out

2. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   interpret, take, suppose to mean

3. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   mean, imply

4. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] be an intelligent being, have understanding

5. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   learn, hear, be apprised, be informed

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1. understandverb

   Synonyms:
   comprehend, apprehend, grasp, discern

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1. List of paraphrases for "understand":

   understanding, comprehend, realise, include, understood, appreciate, grasp, know, realize, comprise, see, comprendre, fathom, recognise, includes, consist, awareness, hear

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How to use understand in a sentence?

1. Brandon Lowe:

   The history of it’s not lost on us, we can say that. We understand what’s happening, we’re not putting any added pressure on anything. We’re not staring at our schedule, staring at our record right now. We’re just a bunch of guys in our locker room going out there playing the game we love and letting things take care of itself.

2. Rohan Miller:

   Opportunity costs are low, global competitors don't closely track the market, so you can camouflage what you're doing, if something is missing, you can understand why and change it before taking it to the main market.

3. Native American:

   I hope they will listen to us, we understand this is a comedy, we understand this is humor, but we won't tolerate disrespect.

4. Sarah Silverman:

   No one would dare to say a degrading remark about being black or dare to say a degrading remark on Instagram about someone being gay, but my age -- anybody and everybody would say something degrading to me. And I always think to myself, why is that accepted? What's the difference between that and racism or any discrimination? They're judging me by my age. I don't understand. I'm trying to get my head around it.

5. Lee Morris:

   There's no way for a White man in America could understand the feelings that people of color have about these really important issues, i think all of this will be resolved in the courts quite frankly and then if the courts don't overturn Senate Bill 202, and I'm not sure that there's a great chance of them overturning the law. Then maybe the ballot box will do that some day.