Definition for Apprehend:

• To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

Synonyms for Apprehend:

• n.

  •
  • get the idea,
  • see the light,
  • understand.
  •
  • book,
  • pinch.
  •
  • make out,
  • accept,
  • sense,
  • conceive.
  •
  • feel.
  •apprehend (noun)
  • grasp,
  • nab,
  • arrest,
  • comprehend,
  • cop,
  • get the picture,
  • collar,
  • nail,
  • dig,
  • savvy,
  • quail at,
  • compass.

• v.

  •capture (verb)
  • secure,
  • seize,
  • abduct,
  • gain,
  • get,
  • occupy,
  • achieve,
  • snare,
  • obtain,
  • win,
  • take,
  • capture.
  •catch and arrest (verb)
  • grab,
  • take into custody,
  • place under arrest,
  • bag,
  • take prisoner.
  •cognition (verb)
  • GROK.
  •understand (verb)
  • digest,
  • perceive,
  • absorb,
  • believe,
  • think,
  • have,
  • imagine,
  • recognize.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • breathalyze,
  • detention,
  • ken,
  • accuse,
  • intuit.
  •
  • question,
  • read,
  • apprehension,
  • fathom,
  • fingerprint,
  • nick,
  • discern,
  • realize,
  • know,
  • twig,
  • statement,
  • extradite.
  •
  • appreciate,
  • rap.
  •
  • bust.
  •
  • charge,
  • follow.
  •accuse
  • indict.
  •capture
  • prehend,
  • take captive.
  •fear
  • have qualms.
  •follow
  • catch on.
  •foresee
  • prevision.
  •hear
  • hearken.
  •know
  • be informed,
  • have knowledge of.
  •mistrust
  • mistrust.
  •receive
  • get hold of.
  •visualize
  • conceive of.

Paraphrases for Apprehend:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    detain, apprehended.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    detain, Apprehending.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stop, arresting, capture, halt, stopping, grasp.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, comprehend, understand, stop, seize, curb, appreciate, address, halt, tackle, cease, end, grasp, stem, adopt, deter, deal, discontinue.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    apprehension, arrest.
  • Verb, base form
    catch, arrest, detain, capture.

Antonyms for Apprehend:

• v.

  • catch and arrest
    liberate, misunderstand, lose, let go, release, free.
  • understand
    fail, exclude, overlook, neglect, not get, misinterpret, ignore, disregard, miss, forget.
  • Other antonyms:
    free, remember, loosen, liberate, emancipate, misconceive, distrust, mistake, unchain, dread, unbind, release, miss, doubt, fear, recall, despair of, spring, loose, discharge, recollect.

Homophones for Apprehend:

• aepyornidae, abhorrent, apprehended, apparent, averment, affront, affirmed, aberrant, aperient, afferent.

Hypernym for Apprehend:

• v.

  • cognition
    get it, catch on, tumble, get wise, intuit, latch on, figure, digest, cotton on, twig, get onto.

Hyponym for Apprehend:

• v.

  • cognition
    understand.