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Defenition of the word understanding

    • Defenition of the word understanding

      • The ability to think about something and use concepts to be able to deal adequately with this.
      • The cognitive condition of someone who understands.
      • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
      • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
      • an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
      • characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend"
      • the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
      • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other''s business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
      • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
      • the cognitive condition of someone who understands
      • an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
      • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
      • characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

    Synonyms for the word understanding

      • accepting
      • accord
      • agreement
      • appreciation
      • appreciative
      • apprehension
      • arrangement
      • awareness
      • bond
      • compassion
      • comprehension
      • conception
      • considerate
      • consideration
      • contract
      • deal
      • discernment
      • empathy
      • grasp
      • harmony
      • indulgence
      • indulgent
      • insight
      • intellect
      • kind
      • kindness
      • knowledge
      • pact
      • perception
      • perceptive
      • reason
      • savvy
      • settlement
      • supportive
      • sympathetic
      • sympathy
      • thoughtful
      • tolerance
      • tolerant

    Similar words in the understanding

      • perceptive
      • understanding
      • understanding's
      • understandingly
      • understandings

    Meronymys for the word understanding

      • condition
      • term

    Hyponyms for the word understanding

      • appreciation
      • bargain
      • brainstorm
      • brainwave
      • comprehension
      • confederacy
      • conspiracy
      • covenant
      • deal
      • entente
      • entente cordiale
      • fair-trade agreement
      • gentlemen's agreement
      • grasp
      • grasping
      • hindsight
      • hold
      • insight
      • oral contract
      • realisation
      • realization
      • recognition
      • reservation
      • sale
      • sales agreement
      • self-knowledge
      • settlement
      • severance agreement
      • smattering
      • submission
      • suicide pact
      • unilateral contract
      • working agreement
      • written agreement

    Hypernyms for the word understanding

      • disposition
      • faculty
      • inclination
      • knowing
      • mental faculty
      • module
      • statement
      • tendency

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