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apprehension
Overview of noun apprehension
The noun apprehension has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")
2. (3) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy -- (the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect")
3. apprehension, misgiving -- (painful expectation)
4. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody -- (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apprehension
4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> fear, fearfulness, fright
=> emotion
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> knowing
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
apprehension, misgiving
=> expectation, outlook, prospect
=> belief
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
=> capture, gaining control, seizure
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun apprehension
2 of 4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> trepidation
=> foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
=> suspense
=> gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
=> chill, pall
Sense 2
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> comprehension
=> self-knowledge
=> smattering
=> appreciation, grasp, hold
=> grasping
=> hindsight
=> insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> realization, realisation, recognition
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apprehension
4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> fear, fearfulness, fright
Sense 2
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> knowing
Sense 3
apprehension, misgiving
=> expectation, outlook, prospect
Sense 4
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
=> capture, gaining control, seizure
Antonyms of noun apprehension
Member Holonyms of noun apprehension
Substance Holonyms of noun apprehension
Part Holonyms of noun apprehension
Member Meronyms of noun apprehension
Substance Meronyms of noun apprehension
Part Meronyms of noun apprehension
Meronyms of noun apprehension
Holonyms of noun apprehension
Attributes of noun apprehension
Derived Forms of noun apprehension
4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
RELATED TO>(verb) apprehend#3
=> apprehend, quail at
Sense 2
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
RELATED TO>(verb) apprehend#1
=> grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
Sense 3
apprehension, misgiving
RELATED TO>(verb) apprehend#3
=> apprehend, quail at
Sense 4
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
RELATED TO>(verb) apprehend#2
=> collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
Domain of noun apprehension
Domain Terms of noun apprehension
Familiarity of noun apprehension
apprehension used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun apprehension
4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
> fear, fearfulness, fright
=> alarm, dismay, consternation
=> creeps
=> frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
=> horror
=> hysteria
=> panic, terror, affright
=> scare, panic attack
=> stage fright
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> timidity, timidness, timorousness
=> intimidation
Sense 2
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
> knowing
=> awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
=> incognizance
=> know
=> cognizance, ken
=> prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
Sense 3
apprehension, misgiving
> expectation, outlook, prospect
=> promise, hope
=> foretaste
=> possibility
=> anticipation, expectancy
=> apprehension, misgiving
Sense 4
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
> capture, gaining control, seizure
=> usurpation
=> apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
=> conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation
=> enslavement
Meronyms of noun apprehension
4 senses of apprehension
Sense 1
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> fear, fearfulness, fright
HAS PART: cold sweat
Holonyms of noun apprehension
Grep of noun apprehension
apprehension
immediate apprehension
misapprehension
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