1. (verb)grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend get the meaning of something 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, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out
2. (verb)collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop take into custody Synonyms: quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, nail, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, check
3. (verb)apprehend, quail at anticipate with dread or anxiety Synonyms: dig, apprehend, nail, savvy, collar, arrest, pick up, nab, grok, quail at, compass, get the picture, comprehend, grasp, cop
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'apprehend'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. apprehend To anticipate may be either to take before in fact or to take before in thought; in the former sense it is allied with prevent; in the latter, with the synonyms above given. This is coming to be Synonyms: anticipate, apprehend, forecast, hope, expect, foretaste, look forward to Antonyms: despair of, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember, distrust