Dictionary entry details
• APPREHENSION (noun)
Meaning:
Fearful expectation or anticipation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
apprehension; apprehensiveness; dread
Context example:
the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Hypernyms ("apprehension" is a kind of...):
fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apprehension"):
trepidation (a feeling of alarm or dread)
boding; foreboding; premonition; presentiment (a feeling of evil to come)
suspense (apprehension about what is going to happen)
gloom; gloominess; somberness; sombreness (a feeling of melancholy apprehension)
chill; pall (a sudden numbing dread)
Meaning:
The cognitive condition of someone who understands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
understanding; savvy; discernment; apprehension
Context example:
he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
Hypernyms ("apprehension" is a kind of...):
knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apprehension"):
comprehension (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result))
realisation; realization; recognition (coming to understand something clearly and distinctly)
brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
hindsight (understanding the nature of an event after it has happened)
grasping (understanding with difficulty)
appreciation; grasp; hold (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something)
smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)
self-knowledge (an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities)
Meaning:
Painful expectation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
misgiving; apprehension
Hypernyms ("apprehension" is a kind of...):
expectation; outlook; prospect (belief about (or mental picture of) the future)
Meaning:
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
arrest; taking into custody; apprehension; collar; pinch; catch
Context example:
the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Hypernyms ("apprehension" is a kind of...):
capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)
