grasp

VERBNOUN /græsp/

5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH G

grasp is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

G2R1A1S1P3

2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =8 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24

MEANING

What does grasp mean?

VERB · 2 SENSES

Hold firmly.

SYNONYMS

HOLD ON

BROADER

HOLD TAKE HOLD

NARROWER

LATCH ON CLASP CLING HANG

GRASPING

Get the meaning of something.

SYNONYMS

APPREHEND COMPASS COMPREHEND DIG GET THE PICTURE GROK SAVVY

BROADER

UNDERSTAND

NARROWER

TWIG LATCH ON INTUIT COTTON ON CATCH ON GET WISE GET ONTO GET IT

GRASPING

NOUN · 4 SENSES

The limit of capability.

SYNONYMS

COMPASS RANGE REACH

BROADER

CAPABILITY CAPABLENESS POTENTIALITY

NARROWER

KEN SIGHT

An intellectual hold or understanding.

“a terrible power had her in its grasp”

SYNONYMS

GRIP

BROADER

INFLUENCE

NARROWER

TENTACLE

The act of grasping.

SYNONYMS

CLASP CLENCH CLUTCH CLUTCHES GRIP HOLD

BROADER

TAKING HOLD PREHENSION GRASPING SEIZING

NARROWER

CHOKE HOLD WRESTLING HOLD EMBRACE EMBRACING EMBRACEMENT CHOKEHOLD

Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.

“he has a good grasp of accounting practices”

SYNONYMS

APPRECIATION HOLD

BROADER

UNDERSTANDING DISCERNMENT SAVVY APPREHENSION

NARROWER

SENSE

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of grasp

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