apprehension

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ap=pre=hen=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

apprehension, n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F. appréhension. See Apprehend.].

•  The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.  [1913 Webster]

  "Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object."  [1913 Webster]
•  Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.  [1913 Webster]

  " In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue."  [1913 Webster]

  "To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension."  [1913 Webster]
•  The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.  [1913 Webster]

  "After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Apprehension, Alarm.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apprehension, n.
1 uneasiness; dread.
2 understanding, grasp.
3 arrest, capture (apprehension of the suspect).
4 an idea; a conception.

Etymology

F appr{eacute}hension or LL apprehensio (as APPREHEND, -ION)

THESAURUS

apprehension

IQ, Pyrrhonism, abduction, agitation, alarm, all-overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehensiveness, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, boding, bust, caliber, cankerworm of care, capacity, capture, care, catch, catching, clairvoyance, cliff-hanging, collaring, command, comprehension, conceit, concept, conception, conceptualization, concern, concernment, coup, deductive power, detention, diffidence, disquiet, disquietude, distress, distrust, distrustfulness, disturbance, doubt, doubtfulness, dragnet, dread, dubiety, dubiousness, esemplastic power, expectant waiting, faith, fancy, fear, forcible seizure, foreboding, forebodingness, foreknowledge, grab, grabbing, grasp, grip, half-belief, hold, idea, ideation, image, imago, impression, inquietude, integrative power, intellect, intellection, intellectual grasp, intellectual object, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, kidnapping, knowledge, leeriness, malaise, mastery, memory-trace, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental image, mental impression, mental ratio, mentality, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, mother wit, nab, nabbing, native wit, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, netting, notion, observation, opinion, overanxiety, panic, perception, perturbation, pessimism, picking up, pickup, pinch, pins and needles, possession, power grab, power of mind, precognition, prehension, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, pucker, qualm, qualmishness, question, rationality, reasoning power, recept, reflection, reliance, representation, running in, sanity, savvy, scope of mind, scruple, scrupulousness, seizure, seizure of power, self-doubt, sense, sentiment, shadow of doubt, skepticalness, skepticism, snatch, snatching, solicitude, stew, strain, supposition, suspense, suspicion, suspiciousness, taking in, taking into custody, tension, theory, thinking power, thought, total skepticism, trouble, trust, uncertainty, understanding, unease, uneasiness, unquietness, upset, vexation, waiting, wariness, wisdom, wit, worry, zeal

ROGET THESAURUS

apprehension

Danger

N danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness, instability, defenselessness, exposure, vulnerability, vulnerable point, heel of Achilles, forlorn hope, leap in the dark, road to ruin, faciles descensus Averni, hairbreadth escape, cause for alarm, source of danger, rock ahead, breakers ahead, storm brewing, clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering, warning, alarm, apprehension, in danger, endangered, fraught with danger, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous, unsafe, unprotected &c (safe, protect), insecure, untrustworthy, built upon, sand, on a sandy basis, wildcat, defenseless, fenceless, guardless, harborless, unshielded, vulnerable, expugnable, exposed, open to, aux abois, at bay, on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks, at stake, in question, precarious, critical, ticklish, slippery, slippy, hanging by a thread, with a halter round one's neck, between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires, on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano, in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire, not out of the wood, unwarned, unadmonished, unadvised, unprepared, off one's guard, tottering, unstable, unsteady, shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged, helpless, guideless, in a bad way, reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity, trembling in the balance, nodding to its fall, threatening, ominous, illomened, alarming, explosive, adventurous, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet.

Taking

N taking, reception, deglutition, appropriation, prehension, prensation, capture, caption, apprehension, deprehension, abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation, subtraction, withdrawal, abstraction, ademption, adrolepsy, dispossession, deprivation, deprivement, bereavement, divestment, disherison, distraint, distress, sequestration, confiscation, eviction, rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism, theft, resumption, reprise, reprisal, recovery, clutch, swoop, wrench, grip, haul, take, catch, scramble, taker, captor, subduction, taking, privative, prehensile, predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial, lupine, rapacious, raptorial, ravenous, parasitic, bereft, at one fell swoop, give an inch and take an ell.

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.

Fear

N fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence, apprehensiveness, fearfulness, solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving, feeze, mistrust, suspicion, qualm, hesitation, nervousness, restlessness, inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern, batophobia, heartquake, flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency, despair, fright, affright, affrightment, boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede (of horses), intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear, bugaboo, scarecrow, hobgoblin, nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible, alarmist, fearing, frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of, afeard, afraid, fearful, timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, coy, faint- hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety, more frightened than hurt, aghast, awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear, alarming, formidable, redoubtable, perilous, portentous, fearful, dread, dreadful, fell, dire, direful, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous, horrid, horrible, horrific, ghastly, awful, awe-inspiring, revolting, Gorgonian, in terrorem, Int, angels and ministers of grace defend us!, ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, a dagger of the mind, expertus metuit, fain would I climb but that I fear to fall, fear is the parent of cruelty, Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire, omnia tuta timens, our fears do make us traitors.

Idea

N idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration, abstract idea, archetype, formative notion, guiding conception, organizing conception, image in the mind, regulative principle, view, theory, conceit, fancy, phantasy, point of view, field of view.

Knowledge

N knowledge, cognizance, cognition, cognoscence, acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, appreciation, intuition, conscience, consciousness, perception, precognition, acroamatics, light, enlightenment, glimpse, inkling, glimmer, glimmering, dawn, scent, suspicion, impression, discovery, system of knowledge, body of knowledge, science, philosophy, pansophy, acroama, theory, aetiology, etiology, circle of the sciences, pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, school, tree of knowledge, republic of letters, erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters, literature, book madness, book learning, bookishness, bibliomania, bibliolatry, information, general information, store of knowledge, education, culture, menticulture, attainments, acquirements, acquisitions, accomplishments, proficiency, practical knowledge, liberal education, dilettantism, rudiments, deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning, omniscience, pantology, march of intellect, progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning, schoolmaster abroad, scholar, knowing, cognitive, acroamatic, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, acquainted with, made acquainted with, privy to, no stranger to, au fait with, au courant, in the secret, up to, alive to, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, let into, apprized of, informed of, undeceived, proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in, conversant with, familiar with, erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated, well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated, enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book- learned, accomplished, omniscient, self-taught, known, ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted, proverbial, familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy, hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace, cognoscible, cognizable, to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge, one's eyes being opened, ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner, to know all is to pardon all, empta dolore docet experientia, gnothi seauton, half our knowledge we must snatch not take, Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher, years teach more than books, knowledge comes but wisdom lingers, knowledge is power, les affaires font les hommes, nec scire fas est omnia, the amassed thought and experience of innumerable, was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.