Understanding

//ʌndəˈstandɪŋ//

Synonyms for "understanding" (412 found)

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Closest matches (83)

agreement perceptive reason sympathy abatement of differences acceptation accepting acclamation accommodation accord accordance accordant acquaintance acute adjustment affinity agape agreeable agreeing agreement of all

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Noun(3 words)

comprehension agreement apprehension

Strong matches (123)

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consensus omnium consent consentaneity consortium contact contract convention cop out cop-out cordial understanding cordiality correspondence corresponding covenant covenant of salt deal decision deductive power depth desertion of principle dicker discerning discernment disciplined discourse of reason discrimination discursive discursive reason empathetic empathic empathy employment contract en rapport endurant enduring engagement enlightenment entente entente cordiale esemplastic power esprit esprit de corps estimation evasion of responsibility familiarity farseeing farsighted fatherly feeling feeling of identity fellow feeling fellowship fix on forbearant forbearing foreknowledge foreseeing foresighted forethoughted forethoughtful formal agreement frictionless frictionlessness general acclamation general agreement general consent general voice genius gentle give-and-take giving way good sense good vibes good vibrations grasp gray matter grip happy family harmonious harmony head headpiece heart human humane humanity idea ideation ideational identity illumination import in accord in concert in harmony in rapport in tune incisive indulgence indulgent

Noun(3 words)

conversation discernment grasp

Related words (206)

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iq ironclad agreement judgement ken kind kindness kinship knowing knowledge knowledgeable legal agreement legal contract lenient light like minded like-minded like-mindedness long suffering long-suffering longheaded longsighted love mastery maternal meaning meeting of minds melting mens mental age mental capacity mental grasp mental ratio mentality merciful message mind mindful mother wit mutual agreement mutual concession mutual understanding mutuality native wit noetic not so dumb notice notion nous obligation of one mind omniscient one accord one voice oneness open minded opinion pact paction patient patient as job peace peaceful penetrating penetration perception percipience percipient persevering perspicacious perspicuous philosophical picture piercing pitying power of mind power of reason precognition preengagement prehensile prehension promise protocol provident psyche purport rapport rapprochement ratio rational rationality reading realization reasonable reasoning reasoning faculty reasoning power reciprocity recognizance reconciliation rendition ruthful sagacious sagacity sageness same mind sane sanity sapience savvy scope of mind self-controlled sense sensible sensitive sensitiveness sensitivity settlement sharing shrewd significance significancy signification single voice smarts soft softhearted solidarity sophic spartan stipulation stoic strong minded strong-minded supportive surmise surrender sympathetic sympathizing symphony tact tactful taste team spirit tender tenderhearted theory thinking power together tolerant tolerating tolerative total agreement transaction treaty trenchant truce twist unanimity unanimousness undertaking union union contract unison united unity universal agreement valid contract verbal agreement vernunft version view vision wage contract warmhearted wisdom wise wit yielding

Noun(6 words)

intellect meeting of the minds prudence reason savvy sympathy

Adjective(2 words)

kindly open-minded

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

8 entries

disposition faculty inclination knowing mental faculty module statement tendency

Antonyms

1 entries

misunderstanding

Synonyms

3 entries

agreement reason sympathy

Related terms

3 entries

innerstanding intellection overstand

at location

1 entries

family

capable of

3 entries

bridge cultural differences bridge cultures come in sudden flashes

causes desire

1 entries

agree with

created by

1 entries

learning

dbpedia genre

2 entries

downtempo trip hop

derived

6 entries

according to one's understanding innerstanding memorandum of understanding mutual understanding natural language understanding peace that passeth understanding

form of

1 entries

understand

is a

5 entries

album intentional mental state knowing learning event pact

related to

25 entries

agreement assimilation cognition compassion comprehend comprehension contract differences emotional grasp infer informal intellection intelligence judgement knowing

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similar

2 entries

perceptive

used for

1 entries

mental illness

Translations

200 translations across 66 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

kuptim noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Arabic

4 entries

فهم adj (showing compassion)
تَفَاهُم noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
رُؤْيَة noun (opinion, judgement or outlook)
فَهْم noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Armenian

1 entries

հասկացողություն noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

anlayış noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
fəhm noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Belarusian

2 entries

разуме́нне noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
разуме́ньне noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Bulgarian

4 entries

отзивчив adj (showing compassion)
схватлив adj (knowing, skilful)
разби́ране noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
разби́ране noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)

Catalan

1 entries

comprensiu adj (showing compassion)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

了解 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
明白 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
理解 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Czech

4 entries

dohoda noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
pochopení noun (sympathy)
porozumění noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
porozumění noun (sympathy)

Danish

4 entries

forstående adj (showing compassion)
aftale noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
forstand noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
forståelse noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Dutch

4 entries

begripvol adj (showing compassion)
begrip noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
overeenkomst noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
verstandhouding noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Esperanto

2 entries

intelekto noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
kompreno noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Estonian

1 entries

mõistmine noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Finnish

4 entries

myötätuntoinen adj (showing compassion)
ymmärtäväinen adj (showing compassion)
käsittäminen noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
käsitys noun (opinion, judgement or outlook)

French

4 entries

compréhensif adj (showing compassion)
compréhension noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
compréhension noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
compréhension noun (sympathy)

Galician

2 entries

comprensión noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
entendemento noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)

Georgian

3 entries

გაგება noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
გაგება noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
ჩაწვდომა noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)

German

4 entries

verständnisvoll adj (showing compassion)
Begreifen noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
Einigung noun (reconciliation of differences)
Vereinbarung noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Greek

4 entries

κατανόηση noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
κατανόηση noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
κατανόηση noun (sympathy)
νοημοσύνη noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)

Gujarati

1 entries

સમજદાર adj (showing compassion)

Hebrew

2 entries

מגלה הבנה adj (showing compassion)
הֲבָנָה noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Hindi

4 entries

नज़र noun (opinion, judgement or outlook)
फहम noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
फ़हम noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
समझ noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Hungarian

4 entries

megértő adj (showing compassion)
belátás noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
egyezség noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
együttérzés noun (sympathy)

Icelandic

1 entries

skilningur noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Indonesian

1 entries

pengertian noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Ingrian

3 entries

arvolliin adj (showing compassion)
arvo noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
äly noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

دَرْک noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
فَهْم noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Italian

1 entries

comprensione noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Japanese

4 entries

納得 adj (showing compassion)
了解 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
分かり noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
理解 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Kazakh

1 entries

түсіну noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Korean

4 entries

료해 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
리해 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
요해 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
이해 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

түшүнүү noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Latin

4 entries

capiens adj (showing compassion)
intellegens adj (showing compassion)
sciens adj (showing compassion)
videns adj (showing compassion)

Latvian

1 entries

izpratne noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Lithuanian

1 entries

supratimas noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Luhya

1 entries

kamasikisano noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Macedonian

2 entries

разбирање noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
сфаќање noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Mongolian

1 entries

ойлголт noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Māori

2 entries

aweko adj (knowing, skilful)
māramatanga noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forståelse noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Old English

1 entries

witt noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

ادراك noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
عقل noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
هوش noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Polish

4 entries

wyrozumiały adj (showing compassion)
pojmowanie noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
wyrozumiałość noun (sympathy)
zrozumienie noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Portuguese

4 entries

compreensivo adj (showing compassion)
compreensão noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
compreensão noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
entendimento noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Romanian

2 entries

înțelegător adj (showing compassion)
comprehensiune noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Russian

4 entries

взаимопонима́ние noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
понима́ние noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
понима́ние noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
разуме́ние noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

aontachadh noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
aontachadh noun (reconciliation of differences)
còrdadh noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
còrdadh noun (reconciliation of differences)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

razumevanje noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
разумевање noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Slovak

1 entries

porozumenie noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Slovene

1 entries

razumevanje noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Spanish

4 entries

comprehensivo adj (showing compassion)
comprensivo adj (showing compassion)
allegamiento (desus.) noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
alleganza (desus.) noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Swahili

1 entries

masikizano noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Swedish

4 entries

förstående adj (showing compassion)
förståelse noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
förståelse noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
överenskommelse noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Tagalog

1 entries

pag-unawa noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Tajik

2 entries

дарк noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
фаҳм noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Tamil

4 entries

புரிதல் noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
புரிதல் noun (ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer)
புரிதல் noun (opinion, judgement or outlook)
புரிதல் noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Thai

1 entries

ความเข้าใจ noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Tocharian B

1 entries

plāksar noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

save noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Turkish

2 entries

anlayış noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
fehim noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎁𐎊𐎐𐎚 noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Ukrainian

4 entries

домо́вленість noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
зрозумі́ння noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
порозумі́ння noun (informal contract, mutual agreement)
порозумі́ння noun (sympathy)

Urdu

2 entries

سَمَجھ noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
فَہْم noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Uyghur

1 entries

چۈشىنىش noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Uzbek

2 entries

fahm noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)
tushunish noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sự hiểu noun ((uncountable) the mental process of discernment of meaning)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

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We must sow the seeds of mutual understanding.

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Mutual understanding is essential.

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Nobody contributed to the understanding of dreams as much as Freud.

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