135 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˌʌndəstˈandz], [ ˌʌndəstˈandz], [ ˌʌ_n_d_ə_s_t_ˈa_n_d_z]

Similar words for understands:

• believes (verb)
• knows (verb)
• learns (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "understands" in context?

Paraphrases for understands

Hypernyms for understands

Synonyms for Understands:

• v.

  • believes (verb)
  • affirms,
  • surmises,
  • believes,
  • Deems,
  • puts faith in,
  • trusts,
  • presumes,
  • concludes,
  • holds,
  • maintains,
  • gives faith,
  • professes,
  • assents,
  • declares,
  • judges,
  • supposes,
  • accepts,
  • credits,
  • assumes,
  • takes for granted,
  • gathers.
  • knows (verb)
  • discerns,
  • perceives,
  • recognizes,
  • knows.
  • learns (verb)
  • digests,
  • discovers,
  • absorbs,
  • realizes,
  • Grasps,
  • assimilates,
  • masters,
  • comprehends,
  • gleans,
  • Studies,
  • learns,
  • reads.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • cognition,
  • intellectual,
  • grasp,
  • conception,
  • judgment,
  • capability,
  • involve,
  • intelligent,
  • apprehension,
  • belief,
  • cognizance,
  • reasonable,
  • awareness,
  • penetrate,
  • prehensile,
  • understood,
  • comprehension,
  • fathoms,
  • appreciate,
  • discrimination,
  • catch,
  • gets it,
  • hold,
  • perceptive,
  • passion,
  • bright,
  • intellect,
  • contain,
  • consideration,
  • apperception,
  • alert,
  • intelligence,
  • accept,
  • ability,
  • quick-witted,
  • concept,
  • comprehensive,
  • idea,
  • arrest,
  • charm,
  • caution,
  • conceive,
  • discerning,
  • notion,
  • realise,
  • understand,
  • gets,
  • consciousness,
  • absorb,
  • perception,
  • anxiety,
  • observation,
  • follow,
  • know,
  • astute,
  • sees,
  • realize,
  • percipient,
  • get,
  • conscious,
  • perspicacious,
  • understanding,
  • hear,
  • kindly,
  • penetrating,
  • dig,
  • latch on,
  • discretion,
  • enter,
  • clear,
  • sensible,
  • assimilate,
  • knowing,
  • impression,
  • make out,
  • discernment,
  • apprehensive,
  • understandingly,
  • apprehend,
  • comprehend,
  • interpret,
  • take,
  • affection,
  • ken,
  • clever,
  • rational,
  • perceive,
  • figure out,
  • learn,
  • capacity,
  • appreciation,
  • imagine,
  • daylight,
  • brain,
  • assume,
  • apt,
  • feeling,
  • gather.

How to use "Understands" in context?

Paraphrases for Understands:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    understand.
  • Noun, plural
    understand.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    comprehends.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    misunderstands.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    understanding, understood, comprises, includes.
  • Noun, plural
    included, Houses, captures, counts, deals, understandings, comprises, includes, sets, covers, features, components, encompasses, pillars, involves, insights, subsections.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    design, designing, due, encompass, entail, finances, ii, know, learning, masters, measure, measurement, mindful, note, notice, opinion, respects, spots, stands, stores, Carries, Does, Focuses, Gives, Has, Houses, Levies, Lives, shares, Comes, Comprising, Deems, Addresses, Charges, Drives, Faces, Grants, Grips, Records, Strikes, Tracks, goes, excludes, accepts, deducts, achieves, captures, gets, occupies, seizes, takes, collects, supports, upholds, experiences, suffers, extends, maintains, occurs, outlines, learns, realizes, admits, receives, escapes, attaches, joins, relates, affirms, agrees, concurs, endorses, stipulates, welcomes, urges, deals, acknowledges, asserts, contends, expresses, submits, assumes, believes, concludes, holds, presumes, supposes, fulfills, observes, allows, enters, enjoys, concedes, comprises, encloses, includes, requires, completes, integrates, earns, applies, embraces, notices, accounts, totals, describes, explains, assesses, considers, determines, estimates, figures, thinks, notes, lists, reports, sets, condemns, responds, possesses, conducts, aims, concerns, appears, operates, performs, enforces, makes, produces, presents, undertakes, pursues, rules, brings, draws, establishes, illustrates, indicates, proves, keeps, finds, designs, devises, shapes, manages, likes, regards, confers, informs, suggests, wishes, contributes, offers, renders, reveals, publishes, advisories, spans, covers, shows, develops, implements, expects, intends, proposes, conceives, follows, seeks, calls, denotes, treats, delivers, pays, implies, ranges, combines, contemplates, interpreters, argues, introduces, envisages, foresees, presupposes, wants, evidences, features, embodies, employs, uses, utilizes, builds, constitutes, lacks, articulates, asks, hears, heeds, hosts, says, sounds, becomes, creates, looks, perceives, views, sees, feels, encompasses, identifies, teaches, compiles, sympathizes, involves, knows, recognizes, defines, specifies, lays, reiterates, subscribes, sings, depends, construes, highlights, entails, affords, imposes, seems, is, fulfils, recognises, realises.

• Other Related

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    incorporate, knowledge, Incorporating, discovers, interprets, ascertains.