understand

Meaning

(of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
(of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
(of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
(of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
To regard as present when not.
To stand underneath, to support.
To comprehend or grasp (some particular matter); to have comprehension (in general);

understand

comprehend

know

realize

perceive

grasp

learn

apprehend

see

hear

realise

get

recognize

clear

catch

interpret

conceive

read

appreciate

make out

think

feel

believe

find out

figure out

discern

fathom

consider

compass

dig

savvy

notice

recognise

digest

know well

catch on

translate

understanding

sympathize

decipher

become aware of

be aware of

be aware

ascertain

infer

empathise

empathize

sympathise

remember

comprehension

guess

sober up

get to know

familiar with

take in

surmise

taste

bear in mind

take

be acquainted with

run to

be well-informed

communicate

lead to

communicate with

suppose

be clear

master

get wise to

wot

experience

acknowledge

opine

insight

understand things

chew gum

get the picture

listen

sense

well-informed

try

think about

arrest

tolerate

aware of

grok

resolve

deem

judge

see clearly

unravel

come to grips with

assume

cognize

distinguish

attain enlightenment

discriminate

catch on to

be informed

keep in pace with

own

receive

know the way of the world

know clearly

perceive clearly

become enlightened

foresee

intuit

aware

be apparent

be obvious

make

ability

diplomatic

judgment

wisdom

try to make out

determine

obtain information

reflect

discover

detect

admit

be conscious of

call to mind

smell

know how

grasp the situation

understand how to

keep

keep in mind

make sick

memorize

deduce

drive at

mean

purport

make of

occupy

sit in

cognition

gnosia

knowledge

noesis

obey

bite

chew

imagine

come to know

be knowledgeable

catchwords

roger

retrace

twig

commit

believe in

bet

buy

credit

entrust

swallow

trust

alive

figure

get it

touch

see into

pay attention

suspect

listen to

grab

nab

underst

justify

stand

detection

distinct

positive

economical

economize

examine oneself

omit

province

provincial

save

realization

obvious

unequivocal

clear about

plain

understand clearly

cohere

hang together

seize

make sense

answer

enucleate

puzzle out

settle

sort out

unriddle

work

administer justice

assess

estimate

evaluate

qualify

reason

regard

agnise

agnize

deepen

meditate

ponder

bright

brilliant

cleanse

illustrate

intelligent

light

be able

gather

meet

Frequency

Hyphenated as

un‧der‧stand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(ˌ)ʌndəˈstænd/

From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, understand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”) (Modern English under- + stand). Cognate with Old Frisian understonda (“to understand, experience, learn”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Saterland Frisian understunda, unnerstounde (“to dare, survey, measure”), Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”).