COGNITION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COGNITION?

Need another word that means the same as “cognition”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “cognition” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cognition” are: knowledge, noesis, perception, discernment, awareness, apprehension, learning, understanding, comprehension, enlightenment, insight, intelligence, reason, reasoning, thinking, thought

Cognition as a Noun

Definitions of "Cognition" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cognition” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A perception, sensation, idea, or intuition resulting from the process of cognition.
• The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
• The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.

Synonyms of "Cognition" as a noun (16 Words)

apprehension	Painful expectation. He felt sick with apprehension.
awareness	Concern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development. A growing environmental awareness.
comprehension	The setting of questions on a set text to test understanding, as a school exercise. He was famous for his comprehension of American literature.
discernment	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. An astonishing lack of discernment.
enlightenment	A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith. Robbie looked to me for enlightenment.
insight	An accurate and deep understanding. His work provides important insights into language use.
intelligence	The ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. Extraterrestrial intelligences.
knowledge	The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. He denied all knowledge of the incidents.
learning	The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught. I liked to parade my learning in front of my sisters.
noesis	The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
perception	The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept. Luther had a new perception of the Bible.
reason	A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion. There is a close connection between reason and emotion.
reasoning	Thinking that is coherent and logical. He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference.
thinking	A person’s ideas or opinions. The selectors have some thinking to do before the match.
thought	The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about. The thought never entered my mind.
understanding	Sympathetic awareness or tolerance. He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect.

Associations of "Cognition" (30 Words)

acknowledge	Show that one has noticed or recognized (someone) by making a gesture or greeting. The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne.
admit	Admit into a group or community. We cannot admit non members into our club building.
alertness	Lively attentiveness. Walsall were indebted to the bravery and alertness of their goalkeeper.
aware	Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. Was aware of his opponent s hostility.
awareness	Concern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development. He had no awareness of his mistakes.
cognitive	Relating to cognition. The cognitive processes involved in reading.
cognizant	(sometimes followed by `of’) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception. Statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work.
comprehend	Get the meaning of something. Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter.
conscious	Having knowledge of something. Few voters seem conscious of the issue s importance.
consciously	In a deliberate and intentional way. A vicious and consciously dishonest hatchet job.
consciousness	The state of being aware of and responsive to one’s surroundings. Consciousness emerges from the operations of the brain.
embodied	Possessing or existing in bodily form- Shakespeare.
emotion	Instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge. His voice was shaky with emotion.
expertise	Expert skill or knowledge in a particular field. Technical expertise.
informed	Having much knowledge or education. Informed opinion.
inkling	A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint. The records give us an inkling of how people saw the world.
know	Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information possess knowledge or information about. He is always in the know.
perceivable	Capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing. Perceivable through the mist.
perception	The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. We need to challenge many popular perceptions of old age.
perceptual	Of or relating to the act of perceiving. A patient with perceptual problems who cannot judge distances.
psychology	The mental characteristics or attitude of a person or group. The psychology of child killers.
receptiveness	Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas. This receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior enabling natural mating to occur.
recognize	Detect with the senses. I recognized her when her wig fell off.
savvy	Shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements. These fashion savvy consumers are not afraid of taking risks with little known designers.
sensate	Perceiving or perceived by the senses. Sensate creatures.
sensory	Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system. Sensory channels.
sentient	Consciously perceiving- W.A.White. The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God s stage.
thinking	Using thought or rational judgement; intelligent. I am wrap d in dismal thinkings.
understanding	Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy. He had only been allowed to come on the understanding that he would be on his best behaviour.
wakefulness	A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world. Accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come.