Synonyms for grok
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Verb
1. Comprehend
understand, comprehend, grasp, dig, get the picture informal, savvy informal, apprehend, compass
Definitions
- v. 1
To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
Related words
- Word family
- groksucker
- Other spellings
- grock
Forms
- Past participle
- groked
e.g. groked → comprehended, grasped, savvied, apprehended…
Example sentences
- dig In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.
- grasp I was able to grasp the main points of the speech.
- comprehend This theory is too difficult for me to comprehend.
- apprehend Are you coming willingly, or do I have to apprehend you?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grok | rising | |
| dig | rising | |
| grasp | rising | |
| comprehend | rising | |
| apprehend | steady | |
| overstand | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- can1, dig1
- 5 letters
- grasp1, savvy2
- 7 letters
- compass2
- 9 letters
- apprehend3, overstand
- 10 letters
- understand3, comprehend3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savvy2 = 2 syllables).