compass
Synonyms and Antonyms of compass
- attempting more than his modest abilities could compass
accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
bring about, effect, effectuate, implement
engage (in), practice (also practise)
- the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth
- the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king
- a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas
- the concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand