Other Words for Understanding

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Understanding as a Noun has these synonyms:

intellect, intelligence, mind, brain, brainpower, sense, reason, reasoning power, wisdom, brains
Example: I'm afraid that he lacks the understanding needed to cope with the subtleties of the situation.

Understanding as a Verb has these synonyms:

agreement, contract, arrangement, bargain, covenant, concession, pact, compact, accord, treaty, concordat, entente, alliance, truce, armistice, reconciliation, settlement
Example: They reached an understanding with respect to nuclear weapons.

comprehension, awareness or grasp or control or idea or conception or knowledge or mastery (of), acquaintance or familiarity or intimacy or dexterity or skillfulness or deftness or adroitness or adeptness (with)
Example: I know no one with a better understanding of medieval Welsh.

discernment, sensitivity, sensitiveness, sympathy, empathy, perception, insight, good sense, intuition, enlightenment, percipience, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom, savvy
Example: Georgianna brings so much understanding to her treatment of the aged.

reading, interpretation, opinion, judgment, estimation, notion, view, perception, apperception, apprehension
Example: My understanding of what took place is at odds with yours.

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