Synonyms of comprehending

comprehending

verb

present participle of comprehend

1

as in understanding

to have a clear idea of

the age at which children can comprehend the difference between right and wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understanding
• knowing
• deciphering
• recognizing
• grasping
• seeing
• appreciating
• realizing
• perceiving
• getting
• discerning
• conceiving
• sensing
• apprehending
• assimilating
• intuiting
• cognizing
• decoding
• making
• beholding
• seizing
• registering
• digging
• grokking
• tumbling (to)
• catching
• compassing
• twigging
• catching on (to)
• making out
• fathoming
• digesting
• absorbing
• savvying
• picking up on
• cottoning (to or on to)
• penetrating
• taking in
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misunderstanding
• misreading
• misinterpreting
• mistaking
• misconstruing
• misconceiving
• misapprehending
• misperceiving

2

as in knowing

to have a practical understanding of

it took me a while to comprehend algebra

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understanding
• knowing
• grasping
• appreciating
• fathoming
• perceiving
• apprehending
• possessing
• cognizing
• following
• having
• kenning
• savvying
• catching on (to)
• picking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misunderstanding
• misinterpreting
• misconceiving
• misapprehending
• misperceiving
• misknowing

3

as in including

to have as part of a whole

our notion of morality should comprehend much more than proper sexual behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• including
• involving
• encompassing
• containing
• carrying
• entailing
• embracing
• numbering
• comprising
• subsuming
• taking in
• receiving
• possessing
• having
• incorporating
• owning
• consisting (of)
• admitting
• composing
• integrating
• holding
• embodying
• forming
• constituting
• bracketing
• assimilating
• making

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• preventing
• leaving (out)
• omitting
• prohibiting
• denying
• precluding
• rejecting
• refusing
• eliminating
• banning
• barring
• missing out
• excepting
• losing
• debarring
• ruling out
• misplacing
• mislaying