Definition for Understand:

• To comprehend; have just ideas of; know; learn; suppose to mean; mean without expressing.

Synonyms for Understand:

• n.

  •
  • see the light,
  • work out,
  • conjecture.
  •
  • concede,
  • count on,
  • agree.
  •
  • compass.
  •
  • twig.
  •
  • reason.
  •understand (noun)
  • realise,
  • sympathise,
  • empathise.

• v.

  •absorb (verb)
  • comprehend,
  • digest.
  •appreciate (verb)
  • acknowledge.
  •assume (verb)
  • hypothesize,
  • postulate,
  • find,
  • judge,
  • posit,
  • theorize,
  • ascertain,
  • presuppose,
  • speculate.
  •believe (verb)
  • conclude,
  • affirm,
  • give faith,
  • hold,
  • take,
  • assent,
  • admit,
  • take for granted,
  • have,
  • presume,
  • feel,
  • regard,
  • put faith in,
  • credit,
  • profess,
  • trust,
  • declare,
  • maintain,
  • surmise,
  • accept.
  •construe (verb)
  • define,
  • render,
  • translate,
  • decipher.
  •know (verb)
  • know,
  • perceive,
  • recognize,
  • discern.
  •learn (verb)
  • study,
  • read,
  • discover,
  • glean,
  • grasp.
  •understand (verb)
  • tolerate,
  • have knowledge of,
  • make sense of,
  • consider,
  • note,
  • take meaning,
  • distinguish,
  • get the point,
  • take it,
  • conceive,
  • explain,
  • be aware,
  • find out,
  • guess,
  • deduce,
  • possess,
  • register,
  • make out,
  • fancy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • misjudge,
  • unravel,
  • discriminate,
  • wake up to,
  • cotton on,
  • ken,
  • tumble to,
  • apprehend.
  •
  • tell,
  • seize,
  • catch on,
  • message,
  • penetrate.
  •
  • plumb.
  •
  • follow,
  • understanding.
  •
  • get.
  •
  • draw.
  •believe
  • repute.
  •hear
  • get wind of,
  • be informed,
  • be advised,
  • get the picture.
  •master
  • get hold of,
  • get the hang of.
  •see
  • get the drift.
  •sense
  • be with it,
  • sense.
  •suppose
  • opine.

Paraphrases for Understand:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    understanding, comprehend.
  • Proper noun, singular
    understanding, understandings, understands.
  • Noun, plural
    understandings, understands.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    understanding.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    comprehend.
  • Verb, base form
    comprehend.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    comprendre.
  • Adjective
    realise.
  • Proper noun, singular
    chuckles, GSS.
  • Noun, plural
    answers, insights, investigations, dangers, sources, exchanges, Grips.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    grasp, realise.
  • Adverb
    realise.
  • Verb, past tense
    realised, realized, lost, figured, Meant, Got.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    realize, are, AM, kent, Learnt, recognise, perceive, grasp, believe, consider, sympathise, accept, find, found, feel, contain, seize, imagine, think, suggest, consist, involve, wonder, suppose, tell, Told, Got, assume, admit, realise, take.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    elucidates, reflects, outlines, comprises, consists, gets.
  • Verb, base form
    realize, challenges, kent, fathom, Learnt, recognise, apprehend, perceive, explains, grasp, Comprised, believe, Considering, acquaint, consider, decipher, sympathise, impress, accept, find, feel, assimilate, contain, Familiarize, evaluate, seize, entertain, underst, imagine, assess, uncover, think, suggest, embrace, clarify, gauge, consist, conceive, familiarise, involve, tell, educate, convey, analyze, Got, assume, admit, realise, take.

• Other Related

  • Coordinating conjunction
    understood.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    understanding.
  • Adjective
    comprehensible.
  • Proper noun, singular
    understood.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    understood.
  • Adverb
    understood.
  • Interjection
    understood.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    sympathize, gather.
  • Verb, base form
    interpret, discern, ascertain, comprehensible, sympathize, gather.

Antonyms for Understand:

• v.

  • absorb
    not get.
  • assimilate
    reject, unlearn.
  • assume
    doubt, not believe.
  • believe
    distrust.
  • understand
    misinterpret, misunderstand, disbelieve.
  • Other antonyms:
    lose, miss, mistake, misconceive, overlook, ignore.

Hypernym for Understand:

• v.

  • cognition
    construe, savvy, solve, catch, dig, grasp, figure out, compass, puzzle out, GROK, read, apprehend, translate, comprehend, lick, interpret, bottom, see, make out, get, fathom, work out, penetrate, sense, understand, follow, work, get the picture, touch.

Hyponym for Understand:

• v.

  • cognition
    believe.