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:
  • 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.

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

• Other Related

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

Understands Sentence Examples:

• I'm sure he will - when he understands.

• My father is a little weak in the head, but he understands a good many things, although he can not talk about them.