Synonyms and Antonyms of apprehension
1
suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune
- the hikers entered the dark cave with a great deal of apprehension
agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fearfulness, funk, perturbation, solicitude, suspense, unease, uneasiness
scruple, worry
doubt, incertitude, mistrust, suspiciousness, uncertainty, wariness
defeatism, pessimism
foreknowledge, premonition, presage, presentiment
2
the act of taking into one's control by authority of law
- apprehension of the burglar set the neighborhood at ease
raid
house arrest
capture, entrapment, seizure
captivity, confinement, detention, enchainment, hold, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint
rearrest
remand
3
an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
- felt a great deal of apprehension about the trip and about arriving safely
agita, agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehensiveness, care, concern, concernment, disquiet, disquietude, fear, nervosity, nervousness, perturbation, solicitude, sweat, unease, uneasiness, worry
strain, stress, tension
alarm (also alarum), anguish, consternation, desperateness, desperation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distraction, distress, disturbance, edginess, franticness, hand-wringing, jitters, jumpiness, panic, tremor
angst, fearfulness, torment, upset, vexation
cold feet, doubt, dread, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, suspense, uncertainty
compunction, qualm, scruple
calm, calmness, content, contentment, ease, easiness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietude, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness
comfort, consolation, relief, solace
4
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
- a good apprehension of how computer systems work
