grasp
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
he has a good grasp of accounting practices
Types & categories
- discernment hypernym
- sense hyponym
Related & opposite
- savvy derivation
Sense 2 verb
hold firmly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- taking hold derivation
- clutch derivation
Sense 3 noun
the limit of capability
within the compass of education
Types & categories
- capableness hypernym
- ken hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
get the meaning of something
Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
- figure hyponym
- catch on hyponym
- intuit hyponym
- digest hyponym
Related & opposite
- discernment derivation
- comprehension derivation
- appreciation derivation
- grasping derivation
- apprehender derivation
- comprehensible derivation
- apprehensible derivation
- apprehensive derivation
Sense 5 noun
an intellectual hold or understanding
a good grip on French history
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spellbind derivation
Sense 6 noun
the act of grasping
he released his clasp on my arm
Types & categories
- taking hold hypernym
- choke hold hyponym
- embrace hyponym
- wrestling hold hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | savvy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discernment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | taking hold |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | latch on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clasp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compass |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | range |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | capableness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discernment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehension |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appreciation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasping |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehensible |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | figure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch on |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | intuit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spellbind |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tentacle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cling to |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grip |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clench |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grapple |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | taking hold |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke hold |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | embrace |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestling hold |