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| Main Entry: | perceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | notice, see |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, behold, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, divine, espy, feel, grasp, identify, look, make out, mark, mind, note, observe, realize, recognize, regard, remark, seize, sense, spot, spy, take, apperceive, be aware of |
| Antonyms: | miss, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | perceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, conclude, copy, deduce, distinguish, feature, feel, flash*, gather, get, grasp, know, learn, pin*, read, realize, recognize, see, sense, track, get the message, get the picture |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out*, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out*, pick up on, smoke out, think of |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, foresee, foretell, guess, infer, perceive, predict, prognosticate, see, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, visualize, forefeel, foreknow, go out on a limb, intuit, previse, see in the cards, take a shot, take a stab |
| Main Entry: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, follow, gauge, get, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel, cognize, figure out, get to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | find out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, learn |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, detect, determine, disclose, divine, expose, hear, identify, note, observe, perceive, realize, reveal, see, uncover, unearth, unmask, catch on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | foresee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anticipate, predict |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, discern, divine, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, foretell, perceive, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, see, understand, visualize, call the turn, crystal ball it, dope out*, forefeel, foreknow, have a hunch, preknow, previse, prevision, psych out, see it coming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | notice and comment |
| Synonyms: | behold, catch, crack*, declare, descry, espy, heed, make out, mark, mention, mouth off*, note, observe, perceive, reflect, regard, say, see, speak, spot, state, utter, wisecrack, animadvert, commentate, pass comment, pick up on, take note, take notice |
| Antonyms: | hold back, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become aware of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, appreciate, apprehend, believe, catch, consider, credit, deem, dig*, discern, divine, feel, grasp, hold, know, notice, observe, perceive, pick up, read, realize, savvy*, suspect, take in, think, understand, apperceive, be with it, catch on, catch the drift, feel in bones, feel in gut, get the drift, get the idea, get the impression, get the picture, get vibes, have a feeling, have a hunch |
| Antonyms: | overlook, be numb, be unaware |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see |
| Synonyms: | behold, discern, distinguish, make out*, observe, perceive, spot, view, witness, eyeball |
| Antonyms: | be blind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feel in one's bones |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have a gut feeling |
| Synonyms: | expect, perceive, predict, sense, feel deeply, have a feeling, have a funny feeling, have a hunch, have a sensation, just know |
| Main Entry: | lay eyes on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see with attention |
| Synonyms: | notice, observe, perceive, recognize, see, spot, view, catch sight of, set eyes on |
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not believe |
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, stroke |
| Synonyms: | caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, sense, squeeze, test, tickle, try, wield, apperceive, palm, palpate, run hands over, thumb, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, bump into*, collar*, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, identify, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, sight, spot, strike, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, lay fingers on, light upon, run across, run into, scare up, smoke out, stumble upon, track down, trip on |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream up, conceive |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, build castles in air, conceptualize, conjure up, cook up*, create, depict, devise, envisage, envision, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, figure, form, frame, harbor, image, invent, make up, nurture, perceive, picture, plan, project, realize, scheme, see in one's mind, spark, think of, think up, vision, visualize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | know |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand information |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, grasp, have, ken, learn, notice, perceive, prize, realize, recognize, see, undergo, apperceive, be acquainted, be cognizant, be conversant in, be informed, be learned, be master of, be read, be schooled, be versed, cognize, feel certain, get the idea, have down pat, have information, have knowledge of, keep up on, on top of |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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