UNDERSTANDING

n. 1 agreement, contract, arrangement, bargain, covenant, concession, pact, compact, accord, treaty, concordat, entente, alliance, truce, armistice, reconciliation, settlement They reached an understanding with respect to nuclear weapons 2 discernment, sensitivity, sensitiveness, sympathy, empathy, perception, insight, good sense, intuition, enlightenment, percipience, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom, Colloq savvy Georgianna brings so much understanding to her treatment of the aged 3 Usually, understanding of. comprehension or, awareness or grasp or control or idea or conception or knowledge or mastery (of), acquaintance or familiarity or intimacy or dexterity or skilfulness or deftness or adroitness or adeptness (with), competence or skill or expertness or know-how or proficiency or expertise (in), Colloq US fix (on), handle (on) I know no one with a better understanding of medieval Welsh 4 reading, interpretation, opinion, judgement, estimation, notion, view, perception, apperception, apprehension My understanding of what took place is at odds with yours 5 intellect, intelligence, mind, brain, brainpower, sense, reason, reasoning power, wisdom, Colloq brains I'm afraid that he lacks the understanding needed to cope with the subtleties of the situation