apprehension

apprehension is a 12-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
2. noun. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
3. noun. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
4. noun. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
5. noun. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
6. noun. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
7. noun. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

   Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch

8. noun. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

   Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding

9. noun. painful expectation

   Synonyms: misgiving

10. noun. fearful expectation or anticipation

    "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

    Synonyms: dread

Synonyms

arrest, catch, collar, pinch, discernment, savvy, understanding, misgiving, dread

Common word forms

apprehensions

Words from these letters

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