100 Words to Use Instead of “Understand”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Absorb	Take in information fully.
2.	Account for	Explain or make sense of.
3.	Acknowledge	Recognize as true or valid.
4.	Acquaint oneself with	Become familiar with.
5.	Appreciate	Recognize value or significance.
6.	Apprehend	Grasp mentally; perceive.
7.	Ascertain	Find out with certainty.
8.	Assimilate	Incorporate into knowledge.
9.	Be aware of	Know about; notice.
10.	Be clear on	Have no confusion about.
11.	Be conscious of	Notice; be aware.
12.	Be informed	Have relevant information.
13.	Be mindful of	Keep in mind; notice.
14.	Be on board	Agree with a plan.
15.	Be privy to	Have inside knowledge.
16.	Be savvy about	Have practical knowledge of.
17.	Believe	Accept as true.
18.	Catch on	Begin to comprehend.
19.	Cognize	Know by thinking.
20.	Comprehend	Grasp meaning or intent.
21.	Conceive	Form an idea of.
22.	Conclude	Arrive at a judgment.
23.	Connect the dots	Link facts into meaning.
24.	Consider	Think about carefully.
25.	Cotton on	Realize what is happening.
26.	Decode	Interpret hidden meaning.
27.	Deduce	Infer from evidence.
28.	Derive	Obtain by reasoning.
29.	Detect	Notice or discover.
30.	Discern	See or recognize clearly.
31.	Discover	Find out something new.
32.	Divine	Figure out by intuition.
33.	Elucidate	Make clear by explaining.
34.	Empathize	Share and grasp feelings.
35.	Envision	Imagine clearly.
36.	Establish	Determine firmly.
37.	Evaluate	Judge value or meaning.
38.	Fathom	Understand deeply.
39.	Figure out	Solve or determine.
40.	Follow	Grasp what is said.
41.	Form a view	Develop an opinion.
42.	Get	Comprehend; grasp.
43.	Get a handle on	Gain control or clarity.
44.	Get a sense of	Gain a general idea.
45.	Get the drift	Catch the main point.
46.	Get the idea	Grasp the concept.
47.	Get the picture	See how things fit.
48.	Glean	Pick up information gradually.
49.	Grasp	Understand firmly.
50.	Grokk	Understand intuitively and fully.
51.	Guess	Form an uncertain conclusion.
52.	Have insight into	See into underlying nature.
53.	Hear	Take in and accept.
54.	Identify	Recognize and name.
55.	Infer	Conclude from evidence.
56.	Internalize	Make part of oneself.
57.	Interpret	Explain meaning.
58.	Intuit	Know without reasoning.
59.	Judge	Form an opinion about.
60.	Know	Be aware of; comprehend.
61.	Know the score	Know what is really happening.
62.	Learn	Gain knowledge or skill.
63.	Make out	Discern; perceive.
64.	Make sense of	Understand meaning or logic.
65.	Map	Relate parts to a whole.
66.	Master	Learn thoroughly; control.
67.	Misread	Interpret incorrectly.
68.	Notice	Observe; become aware.
69.	Observe	Watch carefully; note.
70.	Parse	Analyze structure and meaning.
71.	Perceive	Become aware through senses.
72.	Pick up on	Notice and interpret.
73.	Pin down	Determine precisely.
74.	Place	Recognize where it fits.
75.	Process	Work through mentally.
76.	Put together	Assemble meaning from parts.
77.	Realize	Become aware of.
78.	Reason out	Solve by logical thinking.
79.	Recognize	Identify as known.
80.	Reconcile	Make consistent or compatible.
81.	Reflect	Think carefully about.
82.	Register	Take note mentally.
83.	Relate to	Connect with; empathize.
84.	Resolve	Find an answer to.
85.	Savor	Appreciate fully.
86.	See	Perceive; grasp.
87.	See through	Detect the true nature.
88.	Sense	Perceive intuitively.
89.	Size up	Assess quickly.
90.	Solve	Find the explanation or answer.
91.	Spot	Notice quickly.
92.	Surmise	Guess from slight evidence.
93.	Suss out	Figure out gradually.
94.	Synthesize	Combine into coherent whole.
95.	Take in	Absorb information.
96.	Take on board	Accept and consider.
97.	Track	Follow the logic or progress.
98.	Translate	Convert into clearer terms.
99.	Unpack	Explain step by step.
100.	Unravel	Work out complexities.