- apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
--1 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
--1 has particulars:trepidation; foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding; suspense; gloom, gloominess, somberness; chill, pall Derived form: verb apprehend3 - understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
--2 is a kind of knowing
--2 has particulars:comprehension; self-knowledge; smattering; appreciation, grasp, hold; grasping; hindsight; insight, brainstorm, brainwave; realization, realisation, recognition Derived form: verb apprehend1 - apprehension, misgiving - painful expectation
--3 is a kind of expectation, outlook, prospect
Derived form: verb apprehend3 - apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
--4 is a kind of capture, gaining control, seizure
Derived form: verb apprehend2