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, understand, 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, understand

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, understand

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, understand, 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. Eugene McCarthy:

   Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

2. Andrew Karwoski:

   One of the reasons that open carry is so dangerous is because it's so difficult to enforce, it's hard for law enforcement when they see someone walking down the street with a military-style assault weapon to understand their intentions and respond accordingly.

3. William Shakespeare:

   My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.

4. Vice President Joe Biden:

   In the summer of 2007, Iowa State Rep. Lisa Heddens introduced her mentally disabled son to then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware. ‘Biden didn’t brush him off and was patient with the way he speaks. You know, it is hard to understand him,’ Heddens said of the meeting with her son, Paul, who was then 12 years old. Biden stayed in touch…And that’s the reason Heddens will wait untilBiden makes a decisionon whether he'll run before she makes a decision about who she'll support. State Senator Herman Quirmbach publicly endorsed Biden earlier this week, even though Biden has not yet announced his intention to run.

5. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff:

   One of the things that we in this fellowship of office-holders understand that most people don't is that real political courage doesn't come from disagreeing with our opponents, but from disagreeing with our friends. And with our own party, what happens when our heartfelt views of right and wrong are in conflict with the popular opinion of our constituents ? What happens when our devotion to our oaths, to our values, to our love of country, to part from the momentary passion from a large number of people back home ?