Synonyms and Antonyms of apprehension

synonym (synonym of apprehension)

hypernym (apprehension IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • fearful expectation or anticipation (noun.feeling)
    fear, fearfulness, fright
    an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) (noun.feeling)
     
  • painful expectation (noun.cognition)
    expectation, outlook, prospect
    belief about (or mental picture of) the future (noun.cognition)
     
  • the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) (noun.act)
    capture, gaining control, seizure
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property (noun.act)
     
  • the cognitive condition of someone who understands (noun.cognition)
    knowing
    a clear and certain mental apprehension (noun.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF apprehension relation)

  • fearful expectation or anticipation (noun.feeling)
    trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    suspense
    apprehension about what is going to happen (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
    a feeling of melancholy apprehension (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    chill, pall
    a sudden numbing dread (noun.feeling)
     
  • the cognitive condition of someone who understands (noun.cognition)
    comprehension
    an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    self-knowledge
    an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    smattering
    a slight or superficial understanding of a subject (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    appreciation, grasp, hold
    understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    grasping
    understanding with difficulty (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    hindsight
    understanding the nature of an event after it has happened (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    brainstorm, brainwave, insight
    the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    realisation, realization, recognition
    coming to understand something clearly and distinctly (noun.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from apprehension)

synonym hypernym hyponym derivation apprehensiveness dread discernment misgiving arrest catch capture gaining control seizure knowing expectation outlook comprehension self-knowledge smattering appreciation grasping apprehend arrest capture catch compass comprehend
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