Synonyms & related words for prehension

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of prehension — including grip, grabbing, snatching, holding, catching, comprehension. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to prehension

Explore words related to prehension — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include grasping, seizing, graspingly, prehensory, engrasp, graspingness, grasps, grasper. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for prehension

Common synonyms for prehension include grip, grabbing, snatching, holding, catching, comprehension, apprehension — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does prehension come from?

The word prehension breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: prehens, from Latin prehendere (“to seize, grasp”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.