understand
Get the meaning
To understand something is to grasp its meaning, nature, or explanation: I don't understand the question, She understands French.
Understanding can also mean accepting or sympathizing: I understand why you're upset.
To understand that something is the case is to believe it based on information received: I understand you're leaving the company.
The past tense understood serves as an acknowledgment: Understood.
Seize or understand
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
clarity · conception · realization · recognition · synthesis · assimilation · knowledge · cognizance
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- ahaExclamation of realization
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
intuition · discernment · clarity · illumination · wisdom · introspection · satori · breakthrough
Interpret meaning or intent
- readComprehend written language
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- discernPerceive with careful attention
- inferDerive by reasoning
decode · translate · hermeneutics · exegesis · gloss · parse · unpack · disambiguate
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- caringShowing kind concern
- concernTroubled interest in something
consideration · tolerance · patience · warmth · solidarity · supportiveness · rapport · relate
Harmony between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- pactFormal agreement between parties
mutual · consensus · stipulation · compact · entente · memorandum · handshake · deal
grasp
Seize or understand
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
apprehension · clarity · conception · realization · recognition · synthesis · assimilation · knowledge · cognizance · acumen
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- ahaExclamation of realization
revelation · intuition · discernment · clarity · illumination · wisdom · introspection · satori · breakthrough · eureka
construe
Interpret meaning or intent
infer · decode · translate · hermeneutics · exegesis · gloss · parse · unpack · disambiguate · contextualize
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- caringShowing kind concern
concern · consideration · tolerance · patience · warmth · solidarity · supportiveness · rapport · relate · connect
accord
Harmony between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
pact · mutual · consensus · stipulation · compact · entente · memorandum · handshake · deal · settlement
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- catch oncatch on, figure out, realize, cotton on, twig
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
- hand rhymesband, brand, sand, land, stand
- mental verbsthink, believe, know, imagine, remember
understandmisunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
misconstrue · misapprehend · miscomprehend · misinterpret · misread
- I understandGrasping what's meant
- mutual understandingShared agreement between parties
- silent understandingShared knowledge without words
- human understandingCapacity for knowledge
- easy to understand
- understand the assignmentGrasp what's required
understandable, understandably, understandings, misunderstandings, understandingly, understandability, understanding, misunderstand, misunderstanding