Words Like UNDERSTANDING

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

38 Alternative Words Similar to understanding

1 Explanation Noun      Synonym Words Like Explanation
2 Module Noun      Hypernym Words Like Module
3 Faculty Noun      Hypernym Words Like Faculty
4 Perceptive Adjective      Equivalent Words Like Perceptive
5 Covenant Noun      Hyponym Words Like Covenant
6 Settlement Noun      Hyponym Words Like Settlement
7 Knowledge Noun      Synonym Words Like Knowledge
8 Bargain Noun      Hyponym Words Like Bargain
9 Skillful Adjective      Synonym Words Like Skillful
10 Entente Noun      Hyponym Words Like Entente
11 Deal Noun      Hyponym Words Like Deal
12 Reservation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Reservation
13 Statement Noun      Hypernym Words Like Statement
14 Grasp Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grasp
15 Appreciation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Appreciation
16 Intelligent Adjective      Synonym Words Like Intelligent
17 Knowing Adjective      Synonym Words Like Knowing
18 Realisation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Realisation
19 Hindsight Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hindsight
20 Grasping Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grasping
21 Realization Noun      Hyponym Words Like Realization
22 Intellect Noun      Synonym Words Like Intellect
23 Reason Noun      Synonym Words Like Reason
24 Sympathy Noun      Synonym Words Like Sympathy
25 Agreement Noun      Synonym Words Like Agreement
26 Inclination Noun      Hypernym Words Like Inclination
27 Tendency Noun      Hypernym Words Like Tendency
28 Disposition Noun      Hypernym Words Like Disposition
29 Submission Noun      Hyponym Words Like Submission
30 Sale Noun      Hyponym Words Like Sale
31 Recognition Noun      Hyponym Words Like Recognition
32 Hold Noun      Hyponym Words Like Hold
33 Insight Noun      Hyponym Words Like Insight
34 Brainwave Noun      Hyponym Words Like Brainwave
35 Brainstorm Noun      Hyponym Words Like Brainstorm
36 Savvy Noun      Synonym Words Like Savvy
37 Discernment Noun      Synonym Words Like Discernment
38 Apprehension Noun      Synonym Words Like Apprehension

4 examples of understanding

1 he is an understanding man
2 to come to an understanding with another
3 I knew I could count on his understanding
4 there was an understanding between management and the workers

10 definitions of understanding

1 Knowing; intelligent; skillful.
2 The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.
3 An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon.
4 The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.
5 Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.
6 an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
7 the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
8 characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
9 the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
10 the cognitive condition of someone who understands
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