| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, apprehend, catch, cognize, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, figure out, follow, gauge, get, get to the bottom, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize worth |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of, understand |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| 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: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, capiche, catch, click, cognize, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get the picture, get*, gotcha, grasp, have, know, make out, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble* |
Antonyms: |
misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover meaning, answer |
Synonyms: |
break, cryptanalyze, decipher, decode, decrypt, fathom, figure out, get answer, solve, work out |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand; decide, infer |
Synonyms: |
catch on to, cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, dope out, fathom, follow, get*, make heads or tails of, make out, master, opine, puzzle out, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, think out, unfold, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle |
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch on, catch*, comprehend, dig*, fathom, get the picture, get*, grasp, realize, see, take in* |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
acquire, catch, catch on to, comprehend, fathom, figure out, follow, gain, get into one's head, hear, know, learn, look at, memorize, notice, perceive, pick up*, receive, see, take in, work out |
Antonyms: |
misconstrue, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | grasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on, cognize, compass, comprehend, dig*, envisage, fathom, follow, get, get the drift, get the picture, have, know, latch on, make, perceive, pick up*, realize, see, take, take in* |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to figure out; imagine |
Synonyms: |
believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, dare say, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon, hazard*, hypothesize, infer, judge, jump to a conclusion, lump it, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, size up, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, take a shot at, take a stab at, theorize, think, think likely, venture, work out* |
Antonyms: |
calculate, measure |