Synonyms of cottoning (to or on to)

cottoning (to or on to)

verb

present participle of cotton (to or on to)

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

failed to cotton on to the fact that her senatorial campaign was going nowhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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