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
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seize, clutch, clinch, clasp, gripe, struggle, wrestle, comprehend, understand
How to use grasp in a sentence?
These low-wage workers, like so many in platform workplaces, often are veiled --- they can't get a grasp on pay, the workers are at an informational disadvantage. It's one thing to choose to work a crappy job, it's a whole other issue when workers can't even get enough information to make decisions about whether a job's conditions are decent enough.
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.
Combined with the deep field images released the other day, these images of Jupiter demonstrate the full grasp of what James Webb can observe, from the faintest, most distant observable galaxies to planets in our own cosmic backyard that you can see with the naked eye from your actual backyard.
In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it.
Piggy Riches.Chief Executive Martin Carlesund:
The market as such will double and double again. It’s almost hard to grasp the potential that there is.
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