| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become aware of |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, be with it, believe, catch, catch on, catch the drift, consider, credit, deem, dig*, discern, divine, feel, feel in bones, feel in gut, get the drift, get the idea, get the impression, get the picture, get vibes, grasp, have a feeling, have a hunch, hold, know, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, realize, savvy*, suspect, take in, think, understand |
Antonyms: |
be numb, be unaware, overlook |
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally take in information |
Synonyms: |
assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, get into, grasp, incorporate, latch onto, learn, sense, soak up, take in, understand |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | assimilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | absorb mentally |
Synonyms: |
comprehend, digest, grasp, incorporate, ingest, learn, osmose, sense, soak up, take in, take up, understand |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, reject, unlearn |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume or suppose |
Synonyms: |
conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear and understand |
Synonyms: |
accept, apprehend, comprehend, discern, feel, follow, get, grasp, perceive, recognize, see, sense, take in, understand |
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard a certain way |
Synonyms: |
analyze, appraise, bear in mind, believe, care for, count, credit, deem, estimate, feel, hold, hold an opinion, judge, keep in view, look upon, make allowance for, reckon with, reflect, remember, respect, sense, set down, suppose, take for, take into account, think, think of, view |
Antonyms: |
abandon, dismiss, disregard, ignore, leave, reject |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, depend on |
Synonyms: |
accept, bank on, buy, consider, deem, fall for, feel, hand it to one, have faith in, hold, pat on back, rely on, sense, swallow*, take as gospel truth, take stock in, think, trust |
Antonyms: |
disbelieve, mistrust, not buy, not subscribe |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
Synonyms: |
account, allow, appraise, assume, be afraid, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, daresay, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, set store by, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view |
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth |
| Notes: | The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss, pass by |