- grasp
- v1. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; clasp, hold, grapple, clinch; take, lay hold of, nab, seize, grab, snatch, catch at, catch.2. comprehend, understand, apprehend, realize, Chiefly Scot. ken; perceive, apperceive, cognize, know, Sl. savvy, get, get the picture, follow, Inf. latch on or onto, Sl. dig, Brit. Si. suss out; Inf. make head or tail of.n3. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; grapple, clinch; clasp, handclasp, embrace.4. scope, extent, measure, range, breadth; compass, reach, sweep, limits, bound.5. comprehension, understanding, apprehension, realization; awareness, sense, perception, apperception, cognition; knowledge, Sl. savvy, Inf. fix, Brit. Si. suss.6. hold, holding, possession; power, mastery, clutches
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.