understanding

The word “understanding” has 4 syllables: un-der-stand-ing

It's pronounced as /ˌʌn.dɚˈstæn.dɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for understanding?

In the thesaurus, “understanding” has 154 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for understanding along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for understanding

absorbing
absorption
acceptance
accord
affectionate
agreement
alliance
appreciating
appreciation
apprehending
apprehension
approval
ascertaining
assent
assimilating
assimilation
association
assuming
awareness
bargain
beholding
benevolent
benignant
bighearted
binder
catching
charitable
charter
clement
cognizing
commiserative
compact
compassing
compassionate
comprehending
comprehension
conceiving
conception
concluding
concurrence
congenial
conjecturing
consciousness
consent
considerate
construing
contemplating
contract
convention
cordial
covenant
deal
deciding
deciphering
decoding
deducing
deriving
digesting
digestion
digging
discerning
disposition
drawing a conclusion
empathetic
empathic
enlightenment
entente
entente cordiale
extrapolating
fathoming
feeling
finding out
following
friendly
gathering
genial
gentle
getting
good-natured
good-tempered
gracious
grasp
grasping
grip
grokking
guessing
having
hold
humane
inferring
interpreting
intuiting
judging
kenning
kind
kindhearted
kindly
knowing
largehearted
league
lenient
loving
magnanimous
making
making out
merciful
ok
okay
pact
partnership
penetrating
perceiving
perception
perceptive
percipience
philosophizing
picking up
picking up on
piercing
pitying
pledge
possessing
promise
rationalizing
reading
realization
realizing
reasoning
recognizing
registering
ruthful
savvying
seeing
seizing
sensing
sensitive
settlement
softhearted
speculating
supposing
surmising
sympathetic
taking in
tender
tenderhearted
thinking
tolerant
treaty
twigging
uptake
visualization
warm
warmhearted
well-disposed

Antonyms for understanding

abusive
acrimonious
aloof
bigoted
blinkered
brutal
callous
cold-blooded
coldhearted
cool
disagreeable
grim
hard
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
hard-hearted
harsh
hateful
heartless
hostile
ill-natured
ill-tempered
incomprehension
inconsiderate
indifferent
inhuman
inhumane
insensate
insensitive
malevolent
malicious
mean
merciless
misapprehending
misapprehension
miscomprehension
misconceiving
misconstruing
misinterpretation
misinterpreting
misknowing
misperceiving
misperception
misreading
missing
mistaking
misunderstanding
narrow-minded
noncomprehension
obdurate
oppressive
pitiless
rancorous
rough
ruthless
severe
small-minded
spiteful
stern
surly
thoughtless
tough
unaffectionate
uncaring
unfeeling
unfriendly
ungentle
uninterested
unkind
unloving
unrelenting
unsympathetic
unthinking
virulent

Meanings of understanding

verb
1. To grasp a concept fully and thoroughly, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of.
2. To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
3. (obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support.
noun
1. (gerund) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.
2. Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
3. Opinion, judgement or outlook.
4. An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
5. Sympathy.
adjective
1. Showing compassion.
2. Knowing; skilful.

Example Sentences

Her patience and understanding made everyone feel welcome.
A deep understanding of the topic is essential for this project.
We reached an understanding after a long discussion.
His understanding of the problem helped us find a solution.
Good communication is key to mutual understanding.

On this page you'll find 228 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to understanding, such as: absorbing, absorption, abusive, acceptance, accord, acrimonious, affectionate.

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