Synonyms of the word

apprehend

• v. (transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
• v. (transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
• v. (transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant…
• v. (transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
• v. (intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

anticipate

• v. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
• v. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
• v. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
• v. to eagerly wait for (something).

arrest

• n. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
• n. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
• n. (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
• n. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
• n. A device to physically arrest motion.
• n. (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
• n. (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
• n. (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
• v. (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
• v. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
• v. (transitive) To catch the attention of.

clutch

• v. To seize, as though with claws.
• v. To grip or grasp tightly.
• n. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
• n. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
• n. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
• n. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
• n. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
• n. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
• n. (US) An important or critical situation.
• adj. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
• n. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
• n. A group or bunch (of people or things).

collar

• n. Anything that encircles the neck.
• n. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
• n. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
• n. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
• n. (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
• n. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
• n. (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope…
• n. (slang) An arrest.
• v. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
• v. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
• v. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
• v. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
• v. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
• v. (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
• v. (BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

compass

• n. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
• n. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
• n. (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
• n. (obsolete) A space within limits; area.
• n. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; boundary; circumference.
• n. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
• n. Scope.
• n. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
• v. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
• v. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
• v. (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
• v. (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
• adv. (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.

comprehend

• v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
• v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

cop

• n. (obsolete) A spider.
• v. (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to…
• v. (transitive) to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment…
• v. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) to see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
• v. (transitive) to steal.
• v. (transitive) to adopt.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "to", slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
• n. (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
• n. (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
• n. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
• n. (obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
• n. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
• n. (architecture, military) A merlon.

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

grasp

• v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• v. To understand.
• v. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
• n. Grip.
• n. Understanding.
• n. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

grok

• v. (transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively.
• v. To know (something) without having to think intellectually (such as knowing the number of objects in a…
• v. (transitive, slang) To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.

nab

• v. (transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive.
• v. (transitive) To grab or snatch something.
• n. The summit of an eminence.
• n. The cock of a gunlock.
• n. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

nail

• n. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• n. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
• n. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
• n. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven…
• n. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The…
• n. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5…
• v. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
• v. (intransitive) To drive a nail.
• v. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
• v. (slang) To catch.
• v. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
• v. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
• v. (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
• v. (transitive, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. To spike, as a cannon.

prehend

• v. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.

savvy

• adj. (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
• v. (informal) To understand.
• interj. (informal) Do you understand?
• n. Shrewdness.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

understand

• v. (transitive) To be aware of the meaning of.
• v. To believe, based on information.
• v. To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
• v. (obsolete, rare, humorous) To stand under; to support.