Synonyms of the word

fathom

• n. (obsolete) Grasp, envelopment, control.
• n. (units of measure, now usually nautical) An English unit of length notionally based upon the width of…
• n. (units of measure) Various similar units in other systems.
• n. (figuratively) Depth of insight, mental reach or scope.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.
• v. (transitive) To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.).

bottom

• n. The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
• n. (Britain, US) A valley, often used in place names.
• n. The buttocks or anus.
• n. (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
• n. (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always…
• n. (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn to bat.
• n. (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
• n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
• n. (physics) A bottom quark.
• n. (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
• n. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
• n. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
• n. An abyss.
• n. (obsolete) Power of endurance.
• n. (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
• v. To fall to the lowest point.
• v. To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest…
• v. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
• v. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a bottom.
• v. To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
• v. To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
• adj. The lowest or last place or position.

measure

• n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
• n. The act or result of measuring.
• n. Metrical rhythm.
• n. A course of action.
• v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• v. To estimate the unit size of something.
• v. To judge, value, or appraise.
• v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
• v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

penetrate

• v. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
• v. (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
• v. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
• v. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
• v. To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus.

quantify

• v. To assign a quantity to.
• v. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).

sound

• adj. Healthy.
• adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
• adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
• adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
• adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
• adv. Soundly.
• interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
• n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
• n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
• n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
• n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
• v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
• v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
• v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
• v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
• v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
• n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
• n. The air bladder of a fish.
• n. A cuttlefish.
• v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
• v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
• v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
• v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
• n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
• n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

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.