Grasping Synonyms and Antonyms

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The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hold
  2. taking
  3. taking-hold
  4. grabbing
  5. seizing
  6. prehension
Get the meaning of something
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. following
  2. apprehending
  3. compassing
  4. perceiving
  5. conceiving
  6. fathoming
  7. comprehending
  8. getting
  9. understanding
  10. reading
  11. seeing
  12. sensing
  13. taking
  14. digging
  15. accepting
  16. catching
  17. twigging
  18. kenning
Antonyms:
  1. misunderstanding
  2. overlooking
  3. missing
Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. avaricious
  2. covetous
  3. greedy
  4. avid
  5. rapacious
  6. grabby
  7. acquisitive
  8. holding
  9. hungry
  10. penurious
  11. prehension
  12. sordid
  13. prehensile
Antonyms:
  1. altruistic
  2. generous
  3. unselfish
To take hold of intellectually; comprehend.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. understanding

Words Related to Grasping

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Grasping Sentence Examples

  • Instead, she stretched for the laser gun, grasping it.

  • He tentatively moved forward, grasping a branch.

  • I think we're grasping at the proverbial straw to consider him.

  • Henry's English government was severe and grasping; but he "kept good peace" and honourably distinguished himself among contemporary statesmen in an age when administrative reform was in the air.

  • Ignorant, brutal, grasping and corrupt as he was, he deserved the confidence of his master.

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