Apprehend. Arrest, seize, take, catch, capture; imagine, conceive, regard; perceive, realize, understand, appreciate; fear, forebode.
Ant. Miss, lose, misunderstand, ignore, misconceive.
Apprehension. Arrest, capture; understanding, intelligence, mind, reason; notice, cognizance; conception, imagination; knowledge, discernment, perception, sense; opinion, fancy, sentiment, notion, fear, suspicion, anxiety.
Ant. Escape, non-detection; sensibility, emotion; apathy, lethargy; illiteracy, stupidity, stolidity; confidence, nonchalance.
Apprise. Give notice, inform, tell, publish, advise, acquaint.
Ant. Deceive, mislead, hoodwink, mystify.
Approach, v. Advance, draw near, bring near, go near, push; broach, address confidentially; resemble closely, be like, similar, or equal.
Ant. Diverge, retreat, go back; retard, restrain; be unlike.
Approbation. Praise, commendation, approval, liking; support, consent, sanction, indorsement, concurrence, assent.
Ant. Censure, protest, denial, disapproval, dissatisfaction.