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Synonyms and Antonyms of comprehend

1 to have a clear idea of
  • the age at which children can comprehend the difference between right and wrong
Synonyms of comprehend

appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, 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
Words Related to comprehend

absorb, digest, take in

realize

fathom, penetrate, pierce
Phrases Synonymous with comprehend

pick up on
Near Antonyms of comprehend

misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand
Antonyms of comprehend

miss
2 to have a practical understanding of
  • it took me a while to comprehend algebra
Synonyms of comprehend

grasp, know, understand
Words Related to comprehend

appreciate, apprehend, cognize, fathom, follow, ken [chiefly Scottish], perceive, savvy

have, possess

catch on (to), pick up
Near Antonyms of comprehend

misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misunderstand
3 to have as part of a whole
  • our notion of morality should comprehend much more than proper sexual behavior
Synonyms of comprehend

carry, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, include, involve, number, subsume, take in
Words Related to comprehend

comprise, consist (of)

bracket

have, hold, own, possess

admit, receive

compose, constitute, form, make

assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate
Near Antonyms of comprehend

ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit

deny, refuse, reject

eliminate, except, rule out

lose, mislay, misplace
Antonyms of comprehend

exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit

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