Definition for Understanding:

• The faculty of the mind by which it apprehends the real state of things presented to it or the representation made to it; the act of comprehending or apprehending; power to understand; discernment; knowledge; exact comprehension; intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds.

Synonyms for Understanding:

• adj.

  •accepting, tolerant (adjective)
  • empathetic,
  • responsive,
  • discerning,
  • sympathetic.
  •agreeable (adjective)
  • congenial,
  • likeable,
  • harmonious,
  • friendly,
  • compatible,
  • amiable,
  • pleasant,
  • assenting,
  • Capitulating,
  • agreeable,
  • willing,
  • acquiescent,
  • consensual.
  •intellectual (adjective)
  • egghead,
  • psychological,
  • intellectual,
  • brainy,
  • rational,
  • cerebral.

• n.

  •
  • grasp.
  •
  • wit.
  •agreement (noun)
  • assent,
  • capitulation,
  • agreement,
  • concurrence,
  • accordance,
  • compact,
  • unanimity,
  • accord,
  • stipulation,
  • concordance,
  • pact,
  • empathy,
  • acquiescence,
  • consensus,
  • pledge,
  • settlement,
  • bond,
  • covenant,
  • accession,
  • promise,
  • acceptance,
  • arrangement.
  •comprehension, appreciation (noun)
  • knowing,
  • knowledge,
  • apprehension,
  • sense.
  •contract (noun)
  • Mise.
  •intellect (noun)
  • rationality,
  • brain,
  • comprehension,
  • thinking,
  • thought,
  • cerebration,
  • brain-power,
  • capacity,
  • reasoning,
  • mind.
  •knowledge (noun)
  • education,
  • erudition,
  • know-how,
  • cognizance,
  • information.
  •obligation (noun)
  • obligation.
  •promise (noun)
  • guarantee,
  • vow,
  • oath,
  • assurance,
  • mutual agreement,
  • engagement.

• v.

  •believing (verb)
  • gathering,
  • giving faith,
  • Supposing,
  • concluding,
  • Deeming,
  • taking for granted,
  • Crediting,
  • trusting,
  • Declaring,
  • judging,
  • holding,
  • Affirming,
  • putting faith in,
  • professing,
  • Presuming,
  • believing,
  • assuming,
  • accepting,
  • Maintaining,
  • Surmising.
  •knowing (verb)
  • Perceiving,
  • Recognizing.
  •learning (verb)
  • grasping,
  • Realizing,
  • assimilating,
  • mastering,
  • absorbing,
  • studying,
  • Digesting,
  • Discovering,
  • learning,
  • Comprehending,
  • Gleaning.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • conception,
  • empathic,
  • awareness,
  • perception.
  •
  • sensitivity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • correspondence,
  • penetrating,
  • sensible,
  • apprehensive,
  • reasonable,
  • nous,
  • gray matter,
  • judgement,
  • comprehensive,
  • psyche,
  • bright,
  • mutual understanding,
  • Brains,
  • Apprehending,
  • entente,
  • piercing.

Paraphrases for Understanding:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    understand, comprehend.
  • Proper noun, singular
    understand.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    understand.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Comprehending.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misunderstanding, grasp.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    misunderstanding.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    realise, sensitive, comprehensible, Familiar.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Diversities, GSS, assess, understands, arrangement, arrangements, accord, accords.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sense, idea, comprehensibility, assumption, incomprehension, conscience, sensitivity, mind, discernment, thinking, cognition, elucidation, belief, impression, definitions, forbearance, opinion, compression, understandability, realise, principles, wisdom, arrangement, course, perspective, acknowledgement, reasoning, spirit, cognisance, feeling, Comprising, concord, comprehensiveness, compassion, mastery, friendship, acceptance, conviction, judgement, attention, clarity, dissemination, condition, agreement-in-principle, accommodation, accord, proviso, judgment, precondition.
  • Verb, past tense
    realised, learned, realized, included, disclosed, saw, Obtained, received, involved, figured, Meant, Met, awareness.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    realising, Appreciating, unraveling, uunderstanding, discriminating, recognising, evaluating, grasping, assuming, demonstrating, Addressing, Considering, quite, Suggesting, Describing, perceive, Perceiving, disseminating, Illustrating, catching, arguing, informing, regarding, Indicating, agreeing, existing, Analyses, analysing, Analyzing, sensitizing, Gauging, Expressing, believing, arresting, Estimating, Managing, Exploring, confirming, Removing, clarifying, Excluding, Activities, saying, Conceiving, tackling, Establishing, embracing, bearing, Noting, Depending, publicising, studying, ranging, solving, conveying, ruling, drafting, crushing, Enjoying, featuring, questions, seeing, seizing, mutually, reducing, Containing, shaping, Granting, increasing, facing, us, Creating, Experiencing, according, Promoting, raising, complying, Achieving, Implying, challenges, sitting, Entailing, Receiving, fixing, developing, Involving, seeking, operating, showcasing, highlighting, heading, reviewing, dealing, covering, concerning, Referring, Having, mapping, keeping, talking, trying, bringing, Aiming, shall, looking, falling, Adding, approaching, acting, Forming, going, Doing, getting, agreement, thinking, opinion, feeling, Comprising.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    elucidates, reflects, outlines, gets.

• Other Related

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    understand.
  • Adjective
    sympathetic, understandable, conscious, conversant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    agreement, agreements, understood, comprehension, appreciation, awareness, knowledge, interpretation, interpretations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    agreement, understood, sympathy, consciousness, acquaintance, realisation, realization, notion, indulgence, intelligibility, views, comprehension, intelligence, appreciation, picture, awareness, harmony, empathy, premise, apprehension, knowledge, understandable, cognizance, conscious, comprehensible, consultation, attitude, interpretation.
  • Verb, past tense
    comprehension, knowledge.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    discerning, Ascertaining, Elucidating, Incorporating, appreciation, knowledge.

Antonyms for Understanding:

• adj.

  • accepting, tolerant
    merciless, disagreeable, intolerant, unfeeling, unsympathetic, inconsiderate, unaccepting, impatient, selfish, mean.
  • Other antonyms:
    grim, ill-tempered, rough, rancorous, uncaring, cool, narrow-minded, small-minded, hateful, brawn, indifferent, ill-natured, malicious, unperceiving, coldhearted, unloving, unaffectionate, unthinking, acrimonious, unrelenting, brutal, uninterested, aloof, ungentle, body, bigoted, hard-bitten, surly, thoughtless, abusive, unkind, oppressive, tough, unperceptive, virulent, severe, harsh, malevolent, spiteful, stern, pitiless, matter.

• n.

  • belief
    insignificance.
  • comprehension, appreciation
    disbelief, mistake, ignorance, stupidity, disagreement, misinterpretation, misunderstanding.