| apprehension | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | fearful expectation or anticipation.; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| ~ trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread. |
| ~ boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment | a feeling of evil to come.; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" |
| ~ suspense | apprehension about what is going to happen. |
| ~ gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness | a feeling of melancholy apprehension. |
| ~ pall, chill | a sudden numbing dread. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding | the cognitive condition of someone who understands.; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" |
| ~ knowing | a clear and certain mental apprehension. |
| ~ comprehension | an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result).; "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" |
| ~ self-knowledge | an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities. |
| ~ smattering | a slight or superficial understanding of a subject. |
| ~ appreciation, grasp, hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" |
| ~ grasping | understanding with difficulty.; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" |
| ~ hindsight | understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.; "hindsight is always better than foresight" |
| ~ brainstorm, brainwave, insight | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. |
| ~ realization, realisation, recognition | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. apprehension, misgiving | painful expectation. |
| ~ expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| n. (act) | 4. 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" |
| ~ capture, gaining control, seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. |
| overturn | | |
| n. (act) | 1. overturn, turnover, upset | the act of upsetting something.; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" |
| ~ upending, inversion | turning upside down; setting on end. |
| n. (act) | 2. overturn, upset | an improbable and unexpected victory.; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| v. (motion) | 3. overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | turn from an upright or normal position.; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" |
| ~ capsize, turn turtle, turtle | overturn accidentally.; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ upend | become turned or set on end.; "the airplanes upended" |
| ~ bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, overturn, turn over, upset | cause to overturn from an upright or normal position.; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" |
| v. (motion) | 4. bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset | cause to overturn from an upright or normal position.; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | turn from an upright or normal position.; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" |
| ~ overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over | turn from an upright or normal position.; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse | rule against.; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" |
| ~ decree, rule | decide with authority.; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" |
| v. (social) | 6. bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert | cause the downfall of; of rulers.; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" |
| ~ revolutionize | overthrow by a revolution, of governments. |
| ~ depose, force out | force to leave (an office). |
| v. (communication) | 7. annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.; "She backed out of her promise" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| v. (change) | 8. overturn, revolutionise, revolutionize | change radically.; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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