apprehension

1. is a type of: fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
   subtypes:

   • trepidation - a feeling of alarm or dread
   • boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come
   • suspense - apprehension about what is going to happen
   • gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness - a feeling of melancholy apprehension
   • chill, pall - a sudden numbing dread
   same as: apprehensiveness, dread
2. is a type of: knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension
   subtypes:

   • comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
   • 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
   • grasping - understanding with difficulty
   • hindsight - understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
   • brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
   • realisation, realization, recognition - coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   same as: discernment, savvy, understanding
3. is a type of: expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future
   same as: misgiving
4. is a type of: capture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
   same as: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody

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