What are some opposite words for grasp?
Antonyms for grasp
græsp, grɑspgrasp
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term grasp.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
grasp
A person may obtain a situation by the intercession of friends, he procures a dinner by paying for it. Attain is a lofty word, pointing to some high or desirable result; a man attains the mountain summit, he attains honor or learning as the result of strenuous and earnest labor. Even that usage of attain which has been thought to refer to mere progress of time carries the thought of a result desired; as, to attain to old age; the man desires to live to a good old age; we should not speak of his attaining his dotage. One may attain an object that will prove not worth his labor, but what he achieves is in itself great and splendid; as, the Greeks at Marathon achieved a glorious victory. Compare DO; GET; REACH.
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abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose, missSynonyms:
accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win
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appreciation, grasp, holdnoun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
"he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
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clutch, compass, storage area, delay, time lag, detainment, range, keep, reach, grip, perceptiveness, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, taste, wait, cargo area, detention, postponement, custody, admiration, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, discernment, cargo holdcompass, range, reach, graspnoun
the limit of capability
"within the compass of education"
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clutch, compass, chain, appreciation, clench, orbit, reach, range of mountains, ambit, clutches, hold, range of a function, range, image, kitchen range, stretch, chain of mountains, kitchen stove, scope, clasp, reaching, mountain chain, grip, cooking stove, stove, mountain rangegrip, graspnoun
an intellectual hold or understanding
"a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
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clutch, compass, traction, bag, clench, bobby pin, range, travelling bag, reach, grip, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, adhesive friction, hairgrip, clasp, traveling bag, clutches, suitcaseclasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, holdverb
the act of grasping
"he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
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compass, bobby pin, detainment, batch, traveling bag, range, clutches, custody, reach, postponement, suitcase, clench, keep, clutch bag, time lag, clutch pedal, detention, handgrip, hairgrip, clasp, hold, clutch, appreciation, storage area, cargo area, grip, traction, handle, travelling bag, cargo deck, wait, clinch, cargo hold, adhesive friction, delay, baggrasp, hold onverb
hold firmly
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dig, apprehend, hang on, persevere, savvy, hang in, stop, keep, persist, grok, hold on, compass, get the picture, comprehend, hold the linegrok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
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quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, dig, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
graspnoun
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seizure, apprehension, gripe, clasp, grip, prehension, hold, possession, comprehension, understandinggraspverb
Synonyms:
seize, clutch, clinch, clasp, gripe, struggle, wrestle, comprehend, understand
How to use grasp in a sentence?
Egyptians, in history and today, have NEVER been white. BRING BACK GEOGRAPHY!! It's Africa! dear Hollywood, Egypt is in Africa. Northern to be exact. Why is that so hard to grasp? Stop gentrifying African countries.
Just replaying it in my head it's still kind of hard to grasp.
The silver lining for me is the most permanent solution to this is to replace our water treatment facility and improve some of our infrastructure, that's still a ways away, but it's within grasp now.
People can’t conceive of it now, but people maybe couldn’t have imagined there would be a job at Instagram 10 years ago, there are jobs and new ways of doing things that we can’t quite get a grasp on, but they will exist.
That was just then and now she’s in the Olympics, and then won gold, like, that’s … it’s insane. It’s hard to grasp for anybody here.
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