Synonyms of comprehended

comprehended

verb

past tense of comprehend

1

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

the age at which children can comprehend the difference between right and wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• deciphered
• recognized
• grasped
• saw
• appreciated
• discerned
• realized
• conceived
• sensed
• perceived
• got
• apprehended
• beheld
• assimilated
• decoded
• made
• seized
• intuited
• registered
• dug
• grokked
• cognized
• tumbled (to)
• caught on (to)
• picked up on
• caught
• compassed
• made out
• twigged
• savvied
• digested
• absorbed
• cottoned (to or on to)
• fathomed
• penetrated
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misconstrued
• misread
• misconceived
• mistook
• misapprehended
• misperceived

2

as in knew

to have a practical understanding of

it took me a while to comprehend algebra

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• grasped
• appreciated
• apprehended
• possessed
• perceived
• fathomed
• followed
• cognized
• kenned
• had
• savvied
• caught on (to)
• picked up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misapprehended
• misconceived
• misperceived
• misknew

3

as in included

to have as part of a whole

our notion of morality should comprehend much more than proper sexual behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• included
• contained
• involved
• encompassed
• carried
• entailed
• embraced
• subsumed
• numbered
• comprised
• received
• possessed
• had
• incorporated
• consisted (of)
• owned
• took in
• admitted
• embodied
• composed
• constituted
• bracketed
• held
• integrated
• formed
• assimilated
• made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluded
• omitted
• left (out)
• prevented
• prohibited
• denied
• precluded
• refused
• rejected
• barred
• banned
• eliminated
• missed out
• debarred
• excepted
• lost
• ruled out
• misplaced
• mislaid