Synonyms for Under-standing:

• adj.

  •amicable (adjective)
  • empathic,
  • neighborly,
  • amiable,
  • pacific,
  • peaceable,
  • cozy,
  • peaceful,
  • harmonious,
  • civil,
  • sociable,
  • good-humored,
  • polite,
  • accordant,
  • agreeing,
  • square shooting,
  • courteous,
  • clubby,
  • mellow,
  • like-minded,
  • regular,
  • cordial,
  • concordant,
  • right nice.
  •appreciative (adjective)
  • aware,
  • enlightened,
  • keen,
  • enthusiastic,
  • receptive,
  • mindful,
  • conscious,
  • admiring,
  • satisfied,
  • favorable,
  • magnanimous,
  • cooperative,
  • cognizant,
  • pleased,
  • alive,
  • affectionate,
  • supportive,
  • respectful,
  • regardful,
  • friendly,
  • knowledgeable.
  •brotherly (adjective)
  • fraternal,
  • intimate,
  • solicitous,
  • selfless,
  • disinterested,
  • comradely,
  • personal.
  •charitable (adjective)
  • benevolent,
  • gracious,
  • bighearted,
  • lenient,
  • merciful,
  • clement,
  • all heart,
  • big,
  • broad-minded,
  • easy,
  • humane,
  • tolerant,
  • thoughtful,
  • indulgent.
  •compassionate (adjective)
  • softhearted,
  • kindhearted,
  • humanitarian,
  • being big,
  • pitying,
  • old softie,
  • soft shell,
  • tenderhearted,
  • warmhearted,
  • bleeding heart,
  • tender,
  • charitable,
  • commiserative,
  • living with,
  • going easy on,
  • sparing,
  • warm,
  • piteous.
  •condolatory (adjective)
  • comforting.
  •conscious (adjective)
  • seeing,
  • in on,
  • au courant,
  • in right mind,
  • Noticing,
  • certain,
  • Apprised,
  • Noting,
  • vigilant,
  • felt,
  • acquainted,
  • sure,
  • sensible,
  • supraliminal,
  • observing,
  • percipient,
  • known,
  • able to recognize,
  • Remarking,
  • informed,
  • aesthetic,
  • assured,
  • apperceptive,
  • watchful,
  • hep to,
  • Perceiving,
  • conversant,
  • Recognizing,
  • on to,
  • with it,
  • alive to,
  • witting,
  • wise to,
  • sensitive to,
  • attentive,
  • sentient.
  •cultured (adjective)
  • highbrow,
  • traveled,
  • able,
  • scholarly,
  • civilized,
  • chivalrous,
  • elegant,
  • lettered,
  • high-class,
  • tasteful,
  • sophisticated,
  • polished,
  • accomplished,
  • intelligent,
  • liberal,
  • mannerly,
  • appreciative,
  • gallant,
  • educated,
  • genteel,
  • blue-stocking,
  • erudite,
  • literate,
  • versed,
  • advanced,
  • refined,
  • up-to-date,
  • urbane,
  • cultivated,
  • intellectual,
  • literary,
  • savant,
  • distingue,
  • well-informed.
  •expressive (adjective)
  • dramatic,
  • colorful,
  • vivid,
  • pointed,
  • silver-tongued,
  • pathetic,
  • forcible,
  • passionate,
  • stimulating,
  • lively,
  • masterly,
  • significant,
  • striking,
  • energetic,
  • ingenious,
  • demonstrative,
  • representative,
  • revelatory,
  • graphic,
  • picturesque,
  • indicative,
  • poignant,
  • allusive,
  • artistic,
  • moving,
  • brilliant,
  • strong,
  • stirring,
  • touching,
  • spirited,
  • eloquent,
  • emphatic,
  • mobile,
  • meaningful,
  • pictorial,
  • showy,
  • pregnant,
  • articulate,
  • suggestive.
  •favorable (adjective)
  • encouraging,
  • amicable,
  • benign,
  • complimentary,
  • inclined,
  • in favor of,
  • Acclamatory,
  • praiseful,
  • affirmative,
  • agreeable,
  • Recommendatory,
  • Commending,
  • benignant,
  • welcoming,
  • reassuring,
  • approbative,
  • well-intentioned,
  • well-disposed,
  • approbatory,
  • positive,
  • predisposed,
  • laudatory.
  •humane (adjective)
  • good-natured,
  • democratic,
  • accommodating,
  • mild,
  • unselfish,
  • human,
  • helpful,
  • genial,
  • philanthropic,
  • gentle,
  • natural,
  • approachable,
  • obliging,
  • open-minded,
  • righteous,
  • altruistic,
  • good.
  •indulgent (adjective)
  • going along with,
  • Soft-shelled,
  • easygoing,
  • compliant,
  • fond,
  • overpermissive,
  • permissive,
  • able to live with,
  • complaisant.
  •insightful (adjective)
  • penetrating,
  • brainy,
  • alert,
  • sharp,
  • tuned in,
  • quick,
  • penetrative,
  • cute,
  • ear to the ground,
  • intuitive,
  • shrewd,
  • awake,
  • smart,
  • wise,
  • knows what's what,
  • astute,
  • observant.
  •intelligent (adjective)
  • responsible,
  • rational,
  • perspicacious,
  • whiz,
  • quick-witted,
  • calculating,
  • bright,
  • original,
  • together,
  • clever,
  • Comprehending,
  • capable,
  • inventive,
  • profound,
  • deep,
  • apt,
  • sage,
  • witty,
  • reasonable,
  • creative,
  • instructed,
  • ready,
  • all there,
  • resourceful,
  • imaginative,
  • exceptional,
  • acute.
  •kind (adjective)
  • good-hearted,
  • bounteous,
  • eleemosynary,
  • beneficent,
  • soft touch,
  • heart in right place,
  • loving,
  • propitious,
  • congenial,
  • bleeding-heart.
  •knowledgeable (adjective)
  • prescient,
  • insightful,
  • abreast,
  • well-rounded,
  • tuned-in,
  • sagacious,
  • privy,
  • learned,
  • in the know,
  • omniscient,
  • Familiar,
  • experienced,
  • with-it,
  • Sophic,
  • plugged in,
  • au fait,
  • posted.
  •liberal (adjective)
  • flexible,
  • humanistic,
  • libertarian,
  • interested,
  • unbigoted,
  • reformist,
  • general,
  • avant-garde,
  • unprejudiced,
  • latitudinarian,
  • radical,
  • high-minded,
  • free,
  • unbiased,
  • catholic,
  • broad,
  • Receiving,
  • unorthodox,
  • unconventional,
  • left,
  • loose.
  •observant (adjective)
  • questioning,
  • Deducing,
  • correct,
  • Discovering,
  • Intentive,
  • obedient,
  • Observative,
  • sharp-eyed,
  • detecting,
  • on the ball,
  • searching,
  • Considering,
  • advertent,
  • clear-sighted,
  • on one's toes,
  • heedful,
  • discriminating,
  • wide-awake,
  • surveying,
  • Contemplating,
  • eagle-eyed,
  • eager,
  • not missing a trick.
  •open-minded (adjective)
  • acceptive,
  • swayable,
  • impartial,
  • acceptant,
  • persuadable,
  • open to suggestions.
  •patient (adjective)
  • philosophic,
  • serene,
  • enduring,
  • stoical,
  • submissive,
  • persistent,
  • tranquil,
  • quiet,
  • even-tempered,
  • untiring,
  • philosophical,
  • uncomplaining,
  • calm,
  • composed,
  • mild-tempered,
  • persevering,
  • imperturbable,
  • self-possessed,
  • resigned,
  • unruffled,
  • meek,
  • long-suffering,
  • easy-going.
  •pitying (adjective)
  • Condolatory.
  •sage (adjective)
  • foresighted,
  • judicious,
  • sound,
  • sapient,
  • contemplative,
  • careful,
  • reflective.
  •sensitive (adjective)
  • reactive,
  • high-strung,
  • tense,
  • psychic,
  • sensatory,
  • emotionable,
  • sensorial,
  • umbrageous,
  • hypersensitive,
  • easily affected,
  • sensory,
  • touchy feely,
  • susceptible,
  • ticklish,
  • fine,
  • emotional,
  • wired,
  • oversensitive,
  • sensile,
  • precarious,
  • tricky,
  • precise,
  • touchy,
  • delicate,
  • supersensitive,
  • nervous,
  • irritable,
  • hung up,
  • unstable,
  • turned on to,
  • impressible.
  •sentient (adjective)
  • in the right mind.
  •susceptive (adjective)
  • impressionable.
  •sympathetic (adjective)
  • Appreciating,
  • soft,
  • Sympathizing,
  • Commiserating,
  • vicarious,
  • having heart in right place,
  • caring,
  • Condoling.
  •tactful (adjective)
  • poised,
  • subtle,
  • cautious,
  • politic,
  • diplomatic,
  • adroit,
  • suave,
  • skilled,
  • discreet,
  • deft,
  • tactical,
  • skillful,
  • prudent.
  •tenderhearted (adjective)
  • mushy,
  • sentimental,
  • sweet.
  •tolerant (adjective)
  • easy on,
  • Condoning,
  • progressive,
  • lax,
  • wide,
  • free and easy,
  • Excusing,
  • easy with,
  • fair.
  •understanding (adjective)
  • compassionate,
  • generous,
  • discerning,
  • patient,
  • perceptive,
  • forbearing,
  • sympathetic,
  • considerate,
  • empathetic,
  • forgiving,
  • kind,
  • sensitive,
  • responsive,
  • kindly.
  •wise (adjective)
  • sane,
  • crafty,
  • taught,
  • sensing,
  • grasping,
  • wary,
  • cogitative,
  • tactful.

• n.

  •ability (noun)
  • endowment,
  • competency,
  • competence,
  • resourcefulness,
  • dexterity,
  • talent,
  • understanding,
  • might,
  • qualification,
  • aptitude,
  • faculty,
  • capability,
  • capacity,
  • strength,
  • skill,
  • facility,
  • potentiality,
  • comprehension.
  •acquaintance (noun)
  • conversance,
  • Familiarity,
  • fellowship,
  • cognizance,
  • intimacy,
  • relationship.
  •acumen (noun)
  • brilliance,
  • guile,
  • refinement,
  • ingenuity,
  • vision,
  • shrewdness,
  • cunning,
  • acuity,
  • smarts,
  • keenness,
  • sensitivity,
  • farsightedness,
  • cleverness,
  • smartness,
  • astuteness,
  • acuteness,
  • good taste,
  • Brains,
  • wisdom,
  • perspicuity,
  • sagacity.
  •agreement (noun)
  • concordance,
  • suitableness,
  • transaction,
  • bargain,
  • affinity,
  • bargaining,
  • approval,
  • Authorizing,
  • indenture,
  • protocol,
  • Endorsing,
  • congruity,
  • confirmation,
  • compatibility,
  • verifying,
  • covenant,
  • stipulation,
  • cartel,
  • arrangement,
  • affiliation,
  • adjudication,
  • verification,
  • accommodation,
  • concert,
  • conformity,
  • affidavit,
  • concurring,
  • assenting,
  • accession,
  • arbitration,
  • charter,
  • bond,
  • oath,
  • union,
  • compliance,
  • Granting,
  • negotiation,
  • alliance,
  • unison,
  • reconciliation,
  • okay,
  • compact,
  • avowal,
  • complying,
  • the nod,
  • lease,
  • Ratifying,
  • consistency,
  • assent,
  • accordance,
  • correspondence,
  • amity,
  • settlement,
  • piece of paper,
  • codicil,
  • Acknowledging,
  • writ,
  • compromise,
  • concession,
  • mediation,
  • approving,
  • acknowledgment,
  • similarity,
  • adjustment,
  • treaty,
  • Acceding.
  •appreciation (noun)
  • esteem,
  • appraisal,
  • affection,
  • love,
  • sensitiveness,
  • attraction,
  • responsivenesss,
  • enjoyment,
  • high regard,
  • regard,
  • commendation,
  • sensibility,
  • assessment,
  • relish,
  • valuation,
  • aesthetic sense,
  • admiration,
  • respect,
  • liking.
  •awareness (noun)
  • acquaintance,
  • attentiveness,
  • alertness,
  • experience,
  • information,
  • appreciation,
  • bodhi,
  • acquaintanceship,
  • aliveness,
  • attention,
  • consciousness,
  • sentience,
  • mindfulness,
  • enlightenment.
  •bargain (noun)
  • contract,
  • promise,
  • convention,
  • business,
  • engagement,
  • pledge.
  •belief (noun)
  • conviction,
  • position,
  • theorem,
  • deduction,
  • feeling,
  • hypothesis,
  • admission,
  • assumption,
  • presupposition,
  • mindset,
  • suspicion,
  • presumption,
  • acceptance,
  • profession,
  • certainty,
  • confidence,
  • supposition,
  • assurance,
  • faith,
  • hope,
  • thesis,
  • mind,
  • expectation,
  • theory,
  • trust,
  • divination,
  • postulation,
  • axiom,
  • credence,
  • credit,
  • reliance,
  • thinking,
  • persuasion.
  •brainpower (noun)
  • mental ability,
  • mental capacity,
  • intellectual power.
  •compact (noun)
  • entente,
  • concordat.
  •compromise (noun)
  • sellout,
  • half measure,
  • composition,
  • half and half,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • mean,
  • win-win situation,
  • happy medium,
  • middle ground,
  • copout,
  • middle course,
  • trade-off.
  •concord (noun)
  • rapport,
  • calmness,
  • consonance,
  • consensus,
  • goodwill,
  • serenity,
  • chime,
  • tune,
  • unanimity,
  • tranquility,
  • friendship,
  • comity,
  • placidity,
  • peace,
  • agreement.
  •consent (noun)
  • green light,
  • blessing,
  • blank check,
  • sufferance,
  • concurrence,
  • go-ahead,
  • say so,
  • permit,
  • sanction,
  • acquiescence,
  • permission,
  • allowance,
  • authorization,
  • stamp of approval,
  • yes,
  • leave,
  • right on,
  • carte blanche.
  •contract (noun)
  • evidence,
  • proof,
  • commission,
  • paper,
  • deposition,
  • dicker,
  • record,
  • obligation,
  • Mise,
  • commitment,
  • liability,
  • guarantee.
  •convention (noun)
  • precept,
  • code,
  • form,
  • fashion,
  • habit,
  • propriety,
  • custom,
  • usage,
  • covenance,
  • rule,
  • formality,
  • etiquette,
  • percept,
  • law,
  • canon.
  •cordiality (noun)
  • favor,
  • affability,
  • reciprocity,
  • pleasantness,
  • agreeability,
  • heartiness,
  • gratefulness,
  • approbation,
  • amiability,
  • responsiveness,
  • sincerity,
  • mutuality,
  • sweetness and light,
  • geniality,
  • warmth,
  • wholeheartedness,
  • earnestness,
  • amenity,
  • enjoyableness,
  • agreeableness.
  •deal (noun)
  • prearrangement,
  • buy.
  •decipherment (noun)
  • elucidation,
  • decoding,
  • illustration,
  • explication,
  • decryption,
  • reading,
  • clarification,
  • illumination.
  •decision (noun)
  • preference,
  • choice,
  • the call,
  • finding,
  • ruling,
  • sentence,
  • determination,
  • selection,
  • result,
  • end,
  • declaration,
  • outcome,
  • Adjudicature,
  • verdict,
  • showdown,
  • resolution.
  •discrimination (noun)
  • differentiation,
  • clearness,
  • difference,
  • bias,
  • subtlety,
  • Astucity,
  • distinction,
  • separation,
  • decision,
  • taste.
  •experience (noun)
  • contact,
  • empiricism,
  • involvement,
  • exposure,
  • training,
  • action,
  • background,
  • savoir-faire,
  • struggle,
  • reality,
  • patience,
  • actuality,
  • know-how,
  • participation,
  • worldliness,
  • practice,
  • forebearance,
  • seasoning,
  • existence,
  • strife,
  • practicality,
  • maturity,
  • Doing,
  • sophistication,
  • inwardness,
  • combat,
  • trial,
  • caution,
  • observation.
  •familiarity (noun)
  • feel,
  • cognition.
  •feeling (noun)
  • fervor,
  • sentiment,
  • behavior,
  • emotion,
  • palpability,
  • compassion,
  • spirit,
  • cultivation,
  • ardor,
  • imagination,
  • heat,
  • pity,
  • intensity,
  • tenderness,
  • empathy,
  • culture,
  • tangibility,
  • passion,
  • reaction,
  • sentimentality,
  • delicacy,
  • pathos,
  • concern,
  • fondness.
  •friendship (noun)
  • consideration,
  • attachment,
  • association,
  • favoritism,
  • partiality,
  • closeness,
  • solidarity,
  • company,
  • society,
  • friendliness,
  • coalition,
  • league,
  • benevolence,
  • fusion,
  • sociability,
  • sodality,
  • amicability,
  • good will,
  • devotion.
  •genius (noun)
  • head,
  • adept,
  • accomplishment,
  • bent,
  • originality,
  • reach,
  • superability,
  • prowess,
  • power,
  • ability,
  • expert,
  • turn,
  • prodigy,
  • inspiration,
  • inventiveness,
  • brain,
  • mature,
  • inclination,
  • precocity,
  • aptness,
  • propensity,
  • flair,
  • creativity,
  • einstein,
  • virtuoso,
  • knack.
  •gentleman's agreement (noun)
  • pactum,
  • verbal agreement,
  • tacit agreement,
  • gentlemen's agreement,
  • unspoken agreement,
  • unwritten agreement.
  •gentlemen's agreement (noun)
  • nonformal agreement,
  • gentleman's agreement.
  •harmony (noun)
  • unity,
  • cooperation,
  • like-mindedness,
  • kinship.
  •head (noun)
  • mentality,
  • genius,
  • thought,
  • gift.
  •heart (noun)
  • nature,
  • disposition,
  • humanity,
  • character,
  • soul,
  • zest,
  • palate,
  • response,
  • gusto,
  • temperament.
  •horse sense (noun)
  • plain sense,
  • good sense.
  •idea (noun)
  • estimate,
  • scheme,
  • approximation,
  • doctrine,
  • object,
  • belief,
  • suggestion,
  • clue,
  • aim,
  • intention,
  • hint,
  • plan,
  • intimation,
  • believed abstraction,
  • essence,
  • concept,
  • teaching,
  • objective,
  • purpose,
  • solution,
  • design,
  • pattern,
  • brainstorm,
  • flash.
  •import (noun)
  • implication,
  • bearing,
  • name of the game,
  • gist,
  • point,
  • score,
  • construction,
  • punch line,
  • nuts and bolts,
  • drift,
  • bottom line,
  • heart,
  • nature of beast,
  • thrust,
  • stuff,
  • meat.
  •indulgence (noun)
  • kindness,
  • gratifying,
  • favoring,
  • Profligateness,
  • satiation,
  • fondling,
  • privilege,
  • profligacy,
  • permissiveness,
  • fulfillment,
  • appeasement,
  • pampering,
  • lenience,
  • tolerance,
  • intemperance,
  • intemperateness,
  • immoderation,
  • Toadying,
  • spoiling,
  • hedonism,
  • courtesy,
  • excess,
  • endurance,
  • petting,
  • Treating,
  • satisfaction,
  • forbearance,
  • service,
  • Coddling,
  • kowtowing,
  • toleration,
  • pleasing,
  • placating,
  • Babying,
  • extravagance,
  • leniency.
  •insight (noun)
  • wavelength,
  • click,
  • Sageness,
  • sapience,
  • sagaciousness.
  •intellect (noun)
  • pundit,
  • egghead,
  • wits,
  • thinker,
  • psyche,
  • what it takes,
  • cerebration,
  • Intellectuality.
  •intelligence (noun)
  • gray matter,
  • brightness,
  • quotient,
  • iq,
  • quickness,
  • coruscation,
  • trenchancy,
  • luminosity,
  • the right stuff,
  • agility,
  • brainpower.
  •intent/intention (noun)
  • project,
  • desire,
  • nub,
  • animus,
  • will,
  • Conation,
  • target,
  • volition,
  • goal,
  • wish.
  •intimacy (noun)
  • communion,
  • confidentiality,
  • close relationship.
  •judgment (noun)
  • rationality,
  • prudence,
  • sanity,
  • readiness,
  • range,
  • soundness,
  • incisiveness,
  • reasoning.
  •ken (noun)
  • light,
  • Realizing,
  • picture,
  • attitude,
  • sight,
  • Apprehending.
  •kindness (noun)
  • helpfulness,
  • charity,
  • beneficence,
  • cordiality,
  • philanthropy,
  • unselfishness,
  • good intention,
  • thoughtfulness,
  • serviceability,
  • altruism,
  • grace,
  • fellow feeling,
  • solicitude,
  • indulgence,
  • kindliness,
  • decency,
  • mildness,
  • hospitality,
  • solicitousness,
  • clemency,
  • tact,
  • graciousness,
  • gentleness,
  • goodness,
  • Sweetness,
  • magnanimity.
  •lenience (noun)
  • liberalism,
  • charitableness,
  • license,
  • liberality,
  • freedom,
  • mercifulness,
  • broad-mindedness,
  • liberalness.
  •mastery (noun)
  • deftness,
  • virtuosity,
  • acquirement,
  • proficiency,
  • adroitness,
  • attainment,
  • wizardry,
  • mastership,
  • expertism,
  • adeptness,
  • finesse,
  • expertness.
  •meaning (noun)
  • context,
  • explanation,
  • pith,
  • force,
  • upshot,
  • symbolization,
  • denotation,
  • allusion,
  • worth,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • substance,
  • effect,
  • definition,
  • tenor,
  • content,
  • connotation,
  • subject matter,
  • value,
  • use,
  • nuance,
  • subject.
  •mentality (noun)
  • makeup,
  • routine,
  • cast,
  • psychology,
  • headset,
  • intelligence quotient,
  • turn of mind,
  • personality,
  • way of thinking,
  • frame of mind,
  • outlook,
  • mental age.
  •message (noun)
  • theme,
  • moral.
  •mind (noun)
  • marbles,
  • function,
  • ratiocination,
  • lucidity,
  • instinct.
  •notice (noun)
  • ear,
  • remark,
  • heed,
  • care,
  • mark,
  • observance.
  •notion (noun)
  • indication,
  • wrinkle,
  • approach,
  • intellection,
  • cue,
  • angle,
  • wind,
  • telltale,
  • image,
  • conceit,
  • slant,
  • twist,
  • spark.
  •obligation (noun)
  • chit,
  • committal,
  • constraint,
  • conscience,
  • restraint,
  • accountability,
  • call,
  • onus,
  • requirement,
  • occasion,
  • must,
  • burden,
  • debt,
  • iou,
  • DUES,
  • need,
  • due bill,
  • ought,
  • compulsion,
  • place,
  • necessity,
  • devoir,
  • Accountableness,
  • part,
  • debit,
  • charge,
  • right,
  • cause,
  • duty.
  •open-mindedness (noun)
  • receptiveness,
  • impartiality,
  • receptivity,
  • interest.
  •perceptiveness (noun)
  • Clear-sightedness,
  • eye,
  • Percipiency,
  • nose.
  •pity (noun)
  • lenity,
  • comfort,
  • Condolement,
  • dejection,
  • quarter,
  • ruth,
  • compunction,
  • rue,
  • mercy,
  • condolence,
  • commiseration,
  • distress,
  • sorrow,
  • solace,
  • sadness,
  • melancholy.
  •profundity (noun)
  • depth.
  •purport (noun)
  • matter,
  • core,
  • tendency,
  • intent.
  •purview (noun)
  • scope,
  • horizon.
  •rationality (noun)
  • rhyme or reason,
  • rationalness.
  •reading (noun)
  • education,
  • learning,
  • rendering,
  • lesson,
  • study,
  • scholarship,
  • examination,
  • account,
  • version,
  • paraphrase,
  • review,
  • inspection,
  • erudition,
  • scrutiny,
  • edification,
  • commentary,
  • book-learning,
  • treatment,
  • translation,
  • perusal,
  • rendition.
  •realization (noun)
  • culmination,
  • achievement,
  • effectuation,
  • awakening.
  •reason (noun)
  • moderation,
  • generalization,
  • argumentation,
  • reasonableness,
  • senses,
  • rationalization,
  • rationalism,
  • induction,
  • sound mind,
  • inference,
  • saneness,
  • dialectics,
  • sensibleness,
  • speculation,
  • limits,
  • bounds,
  • logic.
  •receptiveness (noun)
  • open-mindedness.
  •recognition (noun)
  • notice,
  • double take,
  • confession,
  • recollection,
  • recalling,
  • recognizance,
  • recall,
  • high sign,
  • salute,
  • identifying,
  • recurrence,
  • discovery,
  • remembering,
  • remembrance,
  • tumble,
  • detection,
  • memory.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •sagaciousness (noun)
  • profundity.
  •sagacity (noun)
  • clear thinking,
  • common sense,
  • good judgment,
  • levelheadedness,
  • foresight.
  •sanity (noun)
  • stability,
  • judiciousness,
  • healthy mind,
  • Lucidness,
  • normality,
  • right mind,
  • balance,
  • clear mind.
  •selectiveness (noun)
  • selectivity.
  •selectivity (noun)
  • selectiveness.
  •sense (noun)
  • premonition,
  • aura,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • nature of the beast,
  • short,
  • gumption,
  • clear-headedness,
  • presentiment,
  • denotatiton,
  • advantage,
  • atmosphere.
  •significance (noun)
  • kicker.
  •significancy (noun)
  • abstraction.
  •sympathy (noun)
  • consolation,
  • mutual attraction,
  • benignancy,
  • encouragement,
  • congeniality,
  • aid,
  • close relation,
  • reassurance,
  • connection,
  • cheer,
  • mutual fondness,
  • warmheartedness,
  • feelings.
  •tact (noun)
  • policy,
  • discretion,
  • address,
  • smoothness,
  • savoir faire,
  • repose,
  • presence,
  • gallantry,
  • delicatesse,
  • horse sense,
  • suavity,
  • diplomacy,
  • tactfulness,
  • urbanity,
  • politicness,
  • control,
  • poise.
  •taste (noun)
  • appetence,
  • predilection,
  • cup of tea,
  • soft spot,
  • stomach,
  • leaning,
  • weakness,
  • appetite,
  • druthers,
  • penchant,
  • predisposition,
  • type,
  • thing,
  • prepossession.
  •terms (noun)
  • payment,
  • stipulations,
  • price,
  • details,
  • Provisos,
  • premises,
  • fee,
  • strings,
  • fine print,
  • small print,
  • qualifications,
  • items,
  • proviso,
  • rate,
  • specifications,
  • particulars,
  • premise,
  • what it is,
  • provision,
  • condition,
  • size of it,
  • points,
  • reservation,
  • provisions,
  • circumstances.
  •thankfulness (noun)
  • thanks,
  • gratitude.
  •theory (noun)
  • hunch,
  • basis,
  • foundation,
  • guesswork,
  • ideology,
  • conditions,
  • system,
  • postulate,
  • argument,
  • base,
  • Formularization,
  • Systemization,
  • grounds,
  • shot,
  • rationale,
  • codification,
  • supposal,
  • stab,
  • dogma,
  • philosophy,
  • proposal,
  • method.
  •thought (noun)
  • concluding,
  • reverie,
  • deriving,
  • aspiration,
  • reflection,
  • deliberation,
  • brainchild,
  • prospect,
  • cogitation,
  • musing,
  • theorization,
  • worry,
  • inducing,
  • introspection,
  • rationalizing,
  • Inferring,
  • contemplation,
  • brainwork,
  • dream,
  • anxiety,
  • meditation,
  • rumination,
  • judging,
  • ideation,
  • anticipation.
  •touch (noun)
  • art,
  • finish,
  • characteristic,
  • influence,
  • style,
  • communication,
  • way,
  • artistry,
  • command,
  • direction,
  • hand,
  • trademark,
  • technique,
  • handiwork.
  •understanding (noun)
  • intellect,
  • insight,
  • discernment,
  • notion,
  • conception,
  • signification,
  • prehension,
  • sharpness,
  • knowing,
  • awareness,
  • ken,
  • decipherment,
  • handshake,
  • assimilation,
  • concord,
  • harmony,
  • Significancy,
  • intelligence,
  • acumen,
  • perceptivity,
  • import,
  • conclusion,
  • perspicacity,
  • impression,
  • interpretation,
  • intuition,
  • meeting of minds,
  • view,
  • message,
  • penetration,
  • estimation,
  • discrimination,
  • realization,
  • meaning,
  • viewpoint,
  • recognition,
  • grip,
  • savvy,
  • significance,
  • apperception,
  • purport,
  • reason,
  • pact,
  • inkling,
  • Percipience,
  • wit,
  • accord,
  • grasp,
  • sympathy,
  • mastery,
  • sense,
  • perception,
  • deal,
  • common view,
  • idea,
  • perceptiveness,
  • opinion,
  • apprehension,
  • knowledge,
  • acceptation,
  • Intendment,
  • judgment.
  •vision (noun)
  • nightmare,
  • fantasy,
  • ideality,
  • muse,
  • perspective,
  • pie in the sky,
  • daydream,
  • prescience,
  • aspect,
  • facet,
  • castles in the air,
  • breadth of view,
  • mental picture,
  • trip,
  • standpoint,
  • foreknowledge,
  • head trip,
  • Phantasm,
  • ideal,
  • point of view,
  • retrospect,
  • pipe dream.
  •wisdom (noun)
  • circumspection,
  • solidity,
  • Pansophy.
  •wit/wits (noun)
  • depth of perception,
  • esprit.

• v.

  •absorb (verb)
  • get into,
  • comprehend,
  • understand,
  • incorporate,
  • digest,
  • latch onto,
  • assimilate,
  • soak up.
  •appreciate (verb)
  • be aware of,
  • dig,
  • see daylight,
  • be cognizant of,
  • sympathize with,
  • take account of,
  • acknowledge,
  • catch the drift.
  •assimilate (verb)
  • ingest,
  • Osmose,
  • take up.
  •assume (verb)
  • posit,
  • find,
  • fall for,
  • be afraid,
  • judge,
  • have a hunch,
  • have sneaking suspicion,
  • speculate,
  • think,
  • ascertain,
  • presuppose,
  • deem,
  • divine,
  • count upon,
  • be inclined to think,
  • predicate,
  • theorize,
  • hypothesize.
  •believe (verb)
  • lap up,
  • give credence to,
  • reckon on,
  • affirm,
  • be credulous,
  • take,
  • have,
  • be convinced of,
  • hold,
  • be certain of,
  • place confidence in,
  • presume true,
  • have faith in,
  • have no doubt,
  • take as gospel,
  • rest assured,
  • maintain,
  • take at one's word,
  • swear by,
  • admit,
  • attach weight to,
  • keep the faith,
  • be of the opinion,
  • swallow,
  • accredit.
  •construe (verb)
  • expound,
  • define,
  • spell out,
  • figure it to be,
  • render,
  • explicate,
  • translate,
  • parse,
  • one's best guess,
  • analyze,
  • decipher.
  •deem (verb)
  • appraise,
  • set store by,
  • believe,
  • allow,
  • calculate,
  • daresay.
  •differentiate (verb)
  • know what's what,
  • demarcate,
  • contrast,
  • redline,
  • set off,
  • extricate,
  • split hairs,
  • individuate,
  • antithesize,
  • separate,
  • individualize,
  • tell apart,
  • discriminate,
  • sever,
  • set apart,
  • discrepate,
  • characterize,
  • severalize,
  • mark off.
  •dig (verb)
  • appreciate,
  • go for,
  • groove.
  •divine (verb)
  • Forefeel,
  • forebode,
  • intuit,
  • foretell,
  • previse,
  • go out on a limb,
  • foreknow,
  • take a shot,
  • take a stab,
  • see in the cards,
  • predict,
  • foresee,
  • visualize,
  • prognosticate,
  • anticipate.
  •empathize (verb)
  • stand in one's shoes,
  • share,
  • suffer with,
  • put oneself in another's place,
  • relate to.
  •expect (verb)
  • look for,
  • await,
  • look ahead to,
  • forecast,
  • bargain on,
  • watch for,
  • envisage,
  • look forward to,
  • wait for,
  • figure,
  • contemplate,
  • look,
  • see coming,
  • hope for,
  • in the cards,
  • bargain for.
  •feel (verb)
  • be impressed,
  • undergo,
  • suffer,
  • be turned on to,
  • take to heart,
  • enjoy,
  • endure,
  • seem,
  • be sensitive,
  • get in touch,
  • have funny feeling,
  • exhibit,
  • savor,
  • suggest,
  • meet,
  • encounter,
  • be sensible of,
  • get vibes,
  • be affected,
  • go through,
  • resemble,
  • welcome,
  • have vibes,
  • be excited,
  • receive,
  • observe,
  • appear.
  •foresee (verb)
  • dope out,
  • presage,
  • prophesy,
  • espy,
  • crystal ball it,
  • see it coming,
  • psych out,
  • call the turn,
  • prevision,
  • preknow.
  •gather (verb)
  • make,
  • draw.
  •hear (verb)
  • unearth,
  • be told of,
  • descry,
  • pick up,
  • discover,
  • apperceive,
  • be led to believe,
  • get wise to,
  • glean,
  • determine,
  • have on good authority,
  • be advised,
  • get wind of.
  •identify with (verb)
  • respond to,
  • associate,
  • see through someone's eyes,
  • put in same category,
  • empathize,
  • think of in connection,
  • ally,
  • put oneself in another's shoes.
  •infer (verb)
  • draw inference,
  • read into,
  • construe,
  • collect,
  • derive,
  • read between lines,
  • induce,
  • reach conclusion,
  • arrive at.
  •interpret (verb)
  • decode,
  • play,
  • describe,
  • clarify,
  • perform,
  • depict,
  • comment,
  • mimic,
  • commentate,
  • limn,
  • reenact,
  • represent,
  • exemplify,
  • gloss,
  • make of,
  • solve,
  • delineate,
  • throw light on,
  • elucidate,
  • annotate,
  • improvise,
  • portray,
  • illustrate,
  • enact,
  • adapt.
  •learn (verb)
  • gain,
  • smoke out,
  • trip over,
  • stumble upon,
  • dig up,
  • detect,
  • uncover.
  •master (verb)
  • get down pat,
  • get hold of,
  • acquire,
  • bury yourself in,
  • get down cold,
  • beat the system,
  • beat the game,
  • grind,
  • megastudy,
  • hit the books,
  • excel in,
  • cram,
  • gain mastery,
  • get the knack of,
  • learn the ropes,
  • bone up,
  • swamp.
  •pity (verb)
  • take pity on,
  • lament with,
  • commiserate,
  • reprieve,
  • give quarter,
  • condole,
  • show forgiveness,
  • forgive,
  • ache,
  • bleed for,
  • be sorry for,
  • have compassion,
  • feel with,
  • weep for,
  • soothe,
  • pardon,
  • show sympathy,
  • grant amnesty,
  • have mercy on,
  • put out of one's misery,
  • relent,
  • grieve with,
  • console,
  • be sympathetic.
  •preoccupy (verb)
  • immerse,
  • consume,
  • monopolize,
  • engross.
  •realize (verb)
  • become conscious of,
  • envision,
  • get through one's head,
  • get it,
  • feature.
  •reckon (verb)
  • depend on,
  • trust in,
  • bank on,
  • build on,
  • rely on,
  • plan on.
  •relate to (verb)
  • link with,
  • connect.
  •see (verb)
  • investigate,
  • get the drift,
  • ponder,
  • behold,
  • sustain,
  • weigh.
  •sense (verb)
  • get the impression,
  • feel in bones,
  • have a feeling,
  • feel in gut.
  •suppose (verb)
  • hazard a guess,
  • dare-say,
  • guesstimate,
  • grant,
  • opine,
  • take stock in,
  • pretend,
  • take as gospel truth,
  • cook up.
  •suspect (verb)
  • wonder,
  • doubt,
  • smell a rat,
  • harbor suspicion,
  • mistrust,
  • think probable,
  • disbelieve,
  • have doubt.
  •sympathize (verb)
  • be understanding,
  • go along with,
  • agree,
  • be in accord,
  • share another's sorrow,
  • show tenderness,
  • show kindliness,
  • side with,
  • feel heart go out to,
  • pick up on,
  • be in sympathy,
  • show mercy,
  • be there for,
  • emphathize,
  • offer consolation,
  • tune in,
  • be kind to.
  •think (verb)
  • plan for,
  • be convinced.
  •understand (verb)
  • get the picture,
  • guess,
  • conceive,
  • realize,
  • imagine,
  • interpret,
  • reckon,
  • have knowledge of,
  • perceive,
  • discern,
  • suppose,
  • be aware,
  • infer,
  • feel for,
  • find out,
  • master,
  • apprehend,
  • take meaning,
  • consider,
  • seize,
  • fathom,
  • suspect,
  • catch,
  • distinguish,
  • sympathize,
  • learn,
  • see,
  • be with it,
  • surmise,
  • catch on,
  • figure out,
  • accept,
  • deduce,
  • possess,
  • get,
  • follow,
  • gather,
  • conjecture,
  • assume,
  • get the hang of,
  • be conscious of,
  • hear,
  • concede,
  • make sense of,
  • count on,
  • know,
  • penetrate,
  • explain,
  • take it,
  • get the idea,
  • identify with,
  • take in,
  • get the point,
  • fancy,
  • make out,
  • recognize,
  • expect,
  • be informed,
  • note,
  • register,
  • conclude,
  • read,
  • presume,
  • take for granted,
  • tolerate.
  •wake/waken (verb)
  • galvanize,
  • switch on,
  • animate,
  • fire up,
  • quicken,
  • arouse,
  • zip up,
  • challenge,
  • activate,
  • pep up,
  • kindle,
  • rouse,
  • provoke,
  • key up,
  • freshen,
  • enliven,
  • steam up,
  • rally,
  • stir up,
  • whet,
  • fire,
  • renew,
  • awaken,
  • jazz up.

Antonyms for Under-standing:

• adj.

  • amicable
    uncivil, impolite, unrefined, unfriendly, rude, unsociable, hostile, unmannerly.
  • appreciative
    neglectful, ignorant, antagonistic, unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unappreciative, inattentive, unmindful, indifferent, unenthusiastic, cool, ungrateful, uninformed, unreceptive, cold, insensitive.
  • brotherly
    unneighborly, sisterly, Uncompanionable, sororal.
  • charitable
    rough, harsh, malevolent, hard, tough, unkind, severe, thoughtless, inhumane, uncharitable.
  • compassionate
    tyrannous, cruel, uncaring, hateful.
  • conscious
    unintentional, doubtful, indiscreet, impassive, senseless, unknowledgeable, dubious, unsure, not deliberate, unstudied, negligent, heedless, unconfident, uncertain, careless.
  • cultured
    uncivilized, stupid, uncultured, inexperienced, uneducated, unsophisticated.
  • expressive
    inexpressive, lifeless, undemonstrative, ugly, expressionless, dull, passive.
  • favorable
    harmful, unfavorable, bad, injurious, detrimental, disadvantageous, unhelpful, hurting, unpromising, derogatory, hurtful, hindering.
  • humane
    fierce, Ungiving, greedy, aloof, uncompassionate, violent.
  • indulgent
    tempering, moderate, Abstaining, strict, moderating.
  • insightful
    foolish, unstylish, idiotic, blunt, slow, unintelligent.
  • intelligent
    uncreative, normal, typical, dark, unreasonable, unresourceful, unimaginative, uninventive, old, worn.
  • kind
    ungenerous, bitter, Disliking, nasty, discourteous.
  • knowledgeable
    unwise.
  • liberal
    narrow, economical, limited, conservative, specific, wanting, narrow-minded, poor, lacking, thrifty.
  • observant
    undiscriminating, unobservant, unwatchful.
  • open-minded
    prejudiced, biased.
  • patient
    frustrated, wild, loud, agitated, troubled, unwilling.
  • sage
    kind.
  • sensitive
    strong, numb, imprecise, heartless, laid-back, unsusceptible, loose, thick-skinned, calm.
  • sympathetic
    unconcerned, callous.
  • tactful
    tactless, incautious, unthoughtful, reckless.
  • tolerant
    disapproving.
  • understanding
    mean, impatient, intolerant, disagreeable, unfeeling, unaccepting, merciless, selfish, inconsiderate, unsympathetic.
  • wise
    unrealistic, irrational, unsound, obtuse.

• n.

  • ability
    incapability, paralysis, impotence, incapacity, inadequacy, clumsiness, limitation, ineptness, inanity, inability, weakness, lack, incompetence.
  • acquaintance
    strangeness, stranger, unfamiliarity.
  • acumen
    denseness, insensitivity, obtuseness.
  • agreement
    dissimilarity, dislike, disharmony, incompatibility, dissent, separation, veto, fight, hostility, denial, divorce, difference, discord, rejection, refusal, disunity, hatred, dissension.
  • appreciation
    disparagement, dishonor, depreciation, decrease, disapproval, loss, disdain, hate, criticism.
  • awareness
    unconsciousness.
  • bargain
    rip-off, break.
  • belief
    ambiguity, knowledge, confusion, proof, reality, doubt, nonbelief, calculation, distrust, fact, measurement, uncertainty, truth, physicality.
  • compromise
    dispute, contest, quarrel, controversy.
  • concord
    disturbance, agitation.
  • consent
    prohibition, objection, protest, opposition.
  • convention
    bad manners.
  • cordiality
    disfavor, indifference, unfriendlines, ill will, coolness, aloofness, unsociability.
  • decision
    delay, procrastination, beginning, postponement, deferment, deferral, source, indetermination, wavering, cause, indefiniteness, indecision.
  • discrimination
    tolerance, fairness.
  • experience
    peace, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inexperience, immaturity.
  • familiarity
    reserve, distance, unfriendliness, frigidity.
  • feeling
    insensibility, mercilessness, thing, solid, concrete, apathy, numbness.
  • friendship
    disunion, antagonism, disrespect, animosity, estrangement, justice, division, enmity, disassociation, impartiality.
  • genius
    ineptitude, amateur, idiot, imbecile.
  • harmony
    clash, jangling, disproportion, cacophony, fighting, imbalance.
  • head
    ending, conclusion, foot, finish, end, rear, bottom, follower.
  • heart
    malevolence, exterior, head, cowardice, periphery, Exteriority, meanness, outside, fear, surface.
  • indulgence
    need, moderation, dissatisfaction, care, frustration, want, intolerance, temperance, abstention.
  • intellect
    body.
  • intelligence
    disinclination.
  • judgment
    Misjudgment, unsoundness.
  • ken
    misconception, blindness.
  • kindness
    indecency, barbarousness, selfishness, harshness, cruelty.
  • mastery
    inefficiency, amateurishness, surrender, failure.
  • mind
    amnesia, being, corporeality.
  • notice
    carelessness, negligence, omission.
  • obligation
    irresponsibility, asset, unemployment, freedom.
  • pity
    cheer, good fortune, unkindness, joy, blessing, advantage, happiness.
  • purport
    meaninglessness.
  • reading
    writing, destruction.
  • recognition
    forgetfulness, abuse, repudiation, disclaimer.
  • sanity
    instability, craziness, madness, insanity.
  • sense
    senselessness, disadvantage.
  • significance
    unimportance, triviality.
  • signification
    origin.
  • sympathy
    annoyance, callousness, discouragement.
  • tact
    tactlessness, impoliteness, upset, rudeness, indiscretion.
  • taste
    disinterest, aversion, lot, distaste, disgust, repulsion, antipathy, loathing.
  • theory
    information, certainty.
  • thought
    calmness, vacancy, vacuity.
  • thoughtfulness
    unthoughtfulness, inconsiderateness.
  • understanding
    insignificance, disbelief, misunderstanding, misinterpretation, ignorance, stupidity, disagreement, mistake.
  • vision
    sightlessness, actuality, substance, existence.
  • wisdom
    imprudence.

• v.

  • absorb
    eject, dissipate, spew, emit, distract, vomit, disperse, exude.
  • appreciate
    be critical, criticize, lose value, disparage, depreciate.
  • assimilate
    exclude, unlearn, not adapt.
  • assume
    prove, calculate, not do, let alone, forget, not take, abstain, not believe.
  • believe
    deny, stop, desert, abandon, dismiss, refuse.
  • catch
    let off, misplace, be immune, push.
  • construe
    cloud, confuse, obscure.
  • deem
    mistrust.
  • differentiate
    associate, mix up, connect, allow, group, link.
  • dig
    scorn, fill.
  • divine
    measure.
  • feel
    yield, renounce, be real, turn away, repudiate.
  • gather
    grow, deal, divide, allot, scatter, spread, plant, repulse, distribute, separate.
  • infer
    misconceive.
  • interpret
    mystify, direct.
  • learn
    teach.
  • pity
    distress, hurt, worry, trouble, annoy, agitate, punish.
  • posit
    be honest.
  • reckon
    subtract.
  • see
    be blind, turn loose.
  • sense
    be unaware, be numb.
  • suspect
    trust.
  • think
    excogitate.
  • understand
    discard, ignore, lose, know, overlook, misunderstand, fail, disallow, not get, leave, miss, free, disregard, neglect, disbelieve, disapprove, be ignorant, release, reject, let go, misinterpret.
  • wake/waken
    nap, discourage, sleep, dissuade.