Synonyms of beholding

beholding

verb

present participle of behold

1

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

to anyone who beholds the immense complexity of life on earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knowing
• seeing
• understanding
• recognizing
• comprehending
• deciphering
• grasping
• appreciating
• perceiving
• realizing
• getting
• sensing
• discerning
• conceiving
• apprehending
• cognizing
• intuiting
• seizing
• making
• assimilating
• compassing
• tumbling (to)
• digging
• registering
• decoding
• catching on (to)
• catching
• making out
• twigging
• grokking
• savvying
• fathoming
• picking up on
• absorbing
• cottoning (to or on to)
• digesting
• taking in
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• mistaking
• misreading
• misunderstanding
• misinterpreting
• misconstruing
• misconceiving
• misperceiving
• misapprehending

2

as in noticing

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

I opened the window blinds and beheld snow everywhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticing
• seeing
• eying
• spotting
• eyeing
• regarding
• perceiving
• viewing
• watching
• observing
• remarking
• witnessing
• looking (at)
• espying
• noting
• spying
• discerning
• descrying
• sighting
• distinguishing
• catching
• identifying
• getting a load of
• considering
• setting eyes on
• laying eyes on
• picking out
• examining
• attending (to)
• surveying
• scrutinizing
• studying
• inspecting
• scanning
• heeding
• marking
• glimpsing
• making out
• minding
• glancing (at)
• peering (at)
• picking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• passing over
• missing
• overlooking
• overpassing