understanding

• "an understanding friend"

• "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Synonyms

• apprehensionfearful expectation or anticipation; the cognitive condition of someone who understands; painful expectation ; the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
• discernmentthe cognitive condition of someone who understands; delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); perception of that which is obscure ; the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations ; the trait of judging wisely and objectively
• savvyget the meaning of something; the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"
• "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

Synonyms

• agreementthe statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; compatibility of observations; harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; the thing arranged or agreed to; the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations ; the verbal act of agreeing

• "his sympathies were always with the underdog"
• "I knew I could count on his understanding"

Synonyms

• sympathyan inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) ; a relation of affinity or harmony between people

• "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

Synonyms

• reasondecide by reasoning; present reasons and arguments ; think logically; a rational motive for a belief or action; an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; the state of having good sense and sound judgment; a justification for something existing or happening; a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
• intellectknowledge and intellectual ability; the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; a person who uses the mind creatively