grokking
Intuiting something completely
Grokking is the present participle of grok, a verb meaning to understand something so thoroughly that it becomes part of you.
The word comes from Robert Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel *Stranger in a Strange Land*, where it's a Martian term.
Programmers and tech communities adopted it: I'm still grokking the new codebase.
To grok something goes beyond comprehension—it implies intuitive, complete understanding.
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- visceralArising from deep instinct
- sensingDetecting through perception
feel · subconscious · premonition · foresight · intangible · instinctual · unconscious · flash
Mental comprehension of something
- graspSeize or understand
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
discernment · realization · apprehension · cognizance · insight · acumen · assimilation · conceptualization
Mental comprehension of something
- relatingConcerning or connecting
- empathySharing another's emotions
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
attunement · resonance · connection · sensitivity · perspective-taking · identification · sympathy · compassion
Deriving principles from examples
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- AISimulated cognitive processing
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- visceralArising from deep instinct
sensing · feel · subconscious · premonition · foresight · intangible · instinctual · unconscious · flash · epiphany
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
perception · discernment · realization · apprehension · cognizance · insight · acumen · assimilation · conceptualization · enlightenment
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- relatingConcerning or connecting
- empathySharing another's emotions
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
affinity · attunement · resonance · connection · sensitivity · perspective-taking · identification · sympathy · compassion · fellow-feeling
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- overfittingExcess adaptation to samples
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
grokkingmemorizing
Fixing in memory
rote learning · misunderstanding · cramming · missing the point · parroting
grokkingmisunderstanding
Failure to grasp meaning
confusion · bewilderment · incomprehension · bafflement · perplexity