Synonyms of the word

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.

appreciation

• n. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
• n. Accurate perception; true estimation.
• n. A rise in value.

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.

apprehension

• n. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
• n. (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
• n. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing…
• n. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
• n. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
• n. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

capability

• n. the power or ability to generate an outcome.

capableness

• n. The state or quality of being capable.

clasp

• n. A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
• n. (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
• v. (transitive) To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
• v. To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.

clench

• n. Tight grip.
• n. (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
• n. A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
• v. To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.
• v. To move two parts of something against each other.

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).

clutches

• n. plural of clutch.
• n. (usually in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutch.

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.

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.

discernment

• n. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
• n. Discrimination.
• n. The ability to distinguish between things.
• n. The ability to perceive differences that exist.
• n. The condition of understanding.
• n. Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
• n. Perceptiveness.
• n. The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
• n. Discretion in judging objectively.

grasping

• adj. Greedy, eager for wealth.
• v. present participle of grasp.
• n. The act of one who grasps or covets.

grip

• v. (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
• v. (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
• v. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
• v. To trench; to drain.
• n. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
• n. A handle or other place to grip.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or…
• n. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
• n. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
• n. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
• n. Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza, flu.
• n. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
• n. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
• n. Assistance; help or encouragement.
• n. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
• n. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
• n. (figuratively) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
• n. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
• n. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
• n. (obsolete) The griffin.

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.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

influence

• n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
• n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
• n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
• n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
• n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
• n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
• v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
• v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

potentiality

• n. The quality of being, or having potential.
• n. An inherent capacity for growth or development.
• n. An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
• n. (philosophy) Indeterminism.
• n. (physics) Quantum indeterminacy.

prehension

• n. the act of grasping or gripping something, especially with the hands.

range

• n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
• n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
• n. Selection, array.
• n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
• n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
• n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
• n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
• n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
• n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
• n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
• n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference…
• n. (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
• n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
• n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
• n. (programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
• n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
• n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
• n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
• n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian…
• n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
• n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
• v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
• v. (transitive) To rove over or through.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to,…
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition)…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the…
• v. (transitive) To classify.
• v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
• v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
• v. (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose…
• v. (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively…
• v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
• v. To separate into parts; to sift.
• v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
• v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.

reach

• v. (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
• v. (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand;…
• v. (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
• v. (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something…
• v. (intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
• v. (transitive) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
• v. (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
• v. (obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
• v. (obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
• v. To strain after something; to make efforts.
• v. (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from…
• v. (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
• v. To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
• n. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
• n. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
• n. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;…
• n. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
• n. (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
• n. (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
• n. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one…
• n. (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
• n. (obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
• n. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
• n. An effort to vomit; a retching.

savvy

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

seizing

• v. present participle of seize.
• n. A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.
• adj. That seizes the attention; impressive.

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.

understanding

• n. (uncountable) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is…
• n. (countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
• n. (countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.
• n. (countable) An informal contract; mutual agreement.
• n. (countable) A reconciliation of differences.
• n. (uncountable) Sympathy.
• n. All that people individually sense and feel of themselves.
• adj. Showing compassion.
• v. present participle of understand.