Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb comprehend

3 senses of comprehend

Sense 1
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend -- (get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?")
       => understand -- (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means")

Sense 2
perceive, comprehend -- (to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon")

Sense 3
embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover -- (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group")
       => include -- (have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers")

Antonyms of adj comprehended

1 sense of comprehended

Sense 1
appreciated, apprehended, comprehended -- (fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known")

INDIRECT (VIA understood) -> ununderstood -- (not understood; "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry)

Similarity of adj comprehended

1 sense of comprehended

Sense 1
appreciated, apprehended, comprehended -- (fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known")
       => understood (vs. ununderstood) -- (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear")