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grasping

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Main Entry: grasp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab

Synonyms:

bag*, catch, clasp, clinch, clutch, collar, corral, enclose, glom, grapple, grip, hold, hook, land, seize, snatch, take, take hold of

Antonyms:

let go, release
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: grasping
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: greedy

Synonyms:

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, covetous, desirous, extorting, extortionate, grabby, itchy, mean, miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, penurious, prehensile, rapacious, selfish, stingy*, tightfisted, usurious, venal

Antonyms:

generous, unselfish
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: acquisitive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: eager to obtain knowledge or things

Synonyms:

avaricious, avid, covetous, demanding, desirous, grabbing, grabby, grasping, greedy, predatory, prehensile, rapacious
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: 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: attain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: achieve, accomplish

Synonyms:

accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win

Antonyms:

abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender
Main Entry: avid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enthusiastic

Synonyms:

ardent, athirst, avaricious, breathless, covetous, desirous, devoted, dying to, eager, fanatical, fervent, gotta have, grasping, greedy, hungry, impatient, insatiable, intense, keen, passionate, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty, voracious, zealous

Antonyms:

dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic
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