| 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 |