Words Like APPREHENSION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to APPREHENSION.

39 Alternative Words Similar to apprehension

2 Dread Noun      Synonym Words Like Dread
3 Understanding Noun      Synonym Words Like Understanding
4 Discernment Noun      Synonym Words Like Discernment
5 Savvy Noun      Synonym Words Like Savvy
6 Misgiving Noun      Synonym Words Like Misgiving
7 Arrest Noun      Synonym Words Like Arrest
8 Catch Noun      Synonym Words Like Catch
9 Collar Noun      Synonym Words Like Collar
10 Pinch Noun      Synonym Words Like Pinch
11 Capture Noun      Synonym Words Like Capture
12 Expectation Noun      Synonym Words Like Expectation
13 Fear Noun      Synonym Words Like Fear
14 Fearfulness Noun      Synonym Words Like Fearfulness
15 Fright Noun      Synonym Words Like Fright
16 Knowing Noun      Synonym Words Like Knowing
17 Outlook Noun      Synonym Words Like Outlook
18 Prospect Noun      Synonym Words Like Prospect
19 Seizure Noun      Synonym Words Like Seizure
20 Intellection Noun      Synonym Words Like Intellection
21 Perception Noun      Synonym Words Like Perception
22 Opinion Noun      Synonym Words Like Opinion
23 Conception Noun      Synonym Words Like Conception
24 Sentiment Noun      Synonym Words Like Sentiment
25 Idea Noun      Synonym Words Like Idea
26 Trepidation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Trepidation
27 Suspense Noun      Hyponym Words Like Suspense
28 Pall Noun      Hyponym Words Like Pall
29 Grasp Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grasp
30 Appreciation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Appreciation
31 Recognition Noun      Hyponym Words Like Recognition
32 Hold Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hold
33 Insight Noun      Hyponym Words Like Insight
34 Realisation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Realisation
35 Brainwave Noun      Hyponym Words Like Brainwave
36 Hindsight Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hindsight
37 Grasping Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grasping
38 Realization Noun      Hyponym Words Like Realization
39 Brainstorm Noun      Hyponym Words Like Brainstorm

3 examples of apprehension

1 the hand is an organ of apprehension
2 the felon, after his apprehension, escaped
3 a man of dull apprehension

10 definitions of apprehension

1 The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
2 The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
3 The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
4 Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
5 The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding.
6 Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
7 painful expectation
8 fearful expectation or anticipation
9 the cognitive condition of someone who understands
10 the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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