apprehension (ap-pre-hen-sion)
Definition
noun. 1 fear about what may happen; 2 the act of understanding without studying; 3 the act of catching and arresting
Example Sentence
I can understand your apprehension of the future.
Synonyms
alarm; anxiety; dread; fear
Antonyms
confidence
Rhymes
- gentian
- henschen
- mention
- pension
- tension
- ascension
- attention
- contention
- convention
- detention
- dimension
- dissension
- extension
- invention
- laurentian
- pretension
- prevention
- retention
- suspension
- apprehension
- comprehension
- condescension
- hypertension
- hypotension
- reinvention
- misapprehension