Understanding Synonyms and Antonyms

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The power to understand
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sharpness
  2. intelligence
  3. comprehension
Cognizant of and comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and views of others
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. empathetic
  2. empathic
  3. sympathetic
  4. kindly
  5. feeling
  6. generous
Antonyms:
  1. intolerant
  2. unaccepting
That which comes from understanding, sense 2
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. knowledge
  2. conclusion
  3. perception
Antonyms:
  1. misunderstanding
  2. misinterpretation
Informal agreement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. agreement
  2. meeting-of-minds
  3. accord
  4. common view
  5. arrangement
  6. bargain
  7. harmony
  8. compact
  9. deal
  10. compromise
  11. pact
Antonyms:
  1. disagreement
The quality or condition of one who understands; comprehension:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reason

Words Related to Understanding

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.

Understanding Sentence Examples

  • He is well educated, understanding and intelligent.

  • She has great understanding of us.

  • He smiled at her, understanding her joke.

  • His tone was kind, even understanding, yet it tore a sob from deep in her lungs.

  • I cannot tell exactly when I began Lamb's "Tales from Shakespeare"; but I know that I read them at first with a child's understanding and a child's wonder.

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