'apprehend' definitions:
Definition of 'apprehend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]
verb
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]
verb
Anticipate with dread or anxiety [syn: apprehend, quail at]
Synonyms of 'apprehend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- accept,
- anticipate,
- appreciate,
- arrest,
- assimilate,
- be acquainted with,
- be afraid,
- be apprised of,
- be aware of,
- be cognizant of,
- be conscious of,
- be conversant with,
- be informed,
- be sensible of,
- be with one,
- bode,
- bust,
- capture,
- catch,
- catch on,
- cognize,
- collar,
- compass,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- cotton to,
- croak,
- detain,
- dig,
- digest,
- discern,
- divine,
- dread,
- experience,
- eye askance,
- fathom,
- fear,
- feel,
- follow,
- forebode,
- foreknow,
- forewarn,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- grab,
- grasp,
- have,
- have a premonition,
- have a presentiment,
- have information about,
- have it taped,
- have knowledge of,
- have qualms,
- hear,
- ken,
- know,
- learn,
- look black,
- lower,
- make an arrest,
- make out,
- master,
- menace,
- misgive,
- nab,
- net,
- penetrate,
- perceive,
- pick up,
- pinch,
- portend,
- possess,
- preapprehend,
- prehend,
- prevision,
- pull in,
- put under arrest,
- read,
- realize,
- recognize,
- respond,
- respond to stimuli,
- run in,
- savvy,
- see,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- sit upon thorns,
- smell,
- stand aghast,
- take,
- take captive,
- take in,
- take into custody,
- take prisoner,
- taste,
- threaten,
- touch,
- tumble to,
- twig,
- understand,
- visualize,
- warn,
- wot,
- wot of