apprehension
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fearful expectation or anticipation
the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Types & categories
- fearfulness hypernym
- trepidation hyponym
- premonition hyponym
- suspense hyponym
- gloominess hyponym
- pall hyponym
Related & opposite
- dread derivation
- quail at derivation
- apprehensive derivation
- frightening derivation
- apprehensive derivation
Sense 2 noun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
Types & categories
- knowing hypernym
- comprehension hyponym
- self-knowledge hyponym
- smattering hyponym
- appreciation hyponym
- grasping hyponym
- hindsight hyponym
- brainstorm hyponym
- realization hyponym
Related & opposite
- savvy derivation
- understand derivation
- see derivation
Sense 3 noun
painful expectation
Types & categories
- expectation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Types & categories
- capture hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dread |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quail at |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fearfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trepidation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | premonition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloominess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | savvy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | understand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | see |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | knowing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | comprehension |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-knowledge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smattering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | appreciation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grasping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hindsight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brainstorm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | realization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quail at |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expectation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | capture |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | capture |