PERCEPTIONS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

perceptions

noun

plural of perception

as in understandings

the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something a growing perception of the enormity of the problem

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Recent Examples of perceptions Women, people of color, and first-generation professionals were too often told their accurate perceptions of hostile environments were merely internal distortions. —

Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Fortune, 13 May 2026 This involves researching effectiveness, safety, side effects, access and public perceptions simultaneously. —

A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026 This aspect could create everything from mental fog, distorted perceptions and the tendency to romanticize situations before fully understanding them. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 Showcasing these narratives may help address outdated perceptions of the nurse workforce and aid in expanding the nurse applicant pipeline. —

Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026 Maihi believes that long-standing perceptions have shaped how these careers are viewed. —

Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026 What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026 Public perceptions The two most damaging nuclear disasters in history – Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 – each tarred the technology in the eyes of the public, leading politicians to decommission projects. —

Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 4 May 2026 Tourism shapes national narratives, creates national symbols, and frames our perceptions of other societies. —

CBS News, 1 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceptions

Noun

The design required the production team to bring a broad range of understandings, everything from electromagnetism, solenoid latches, lever arm weight multiplication, spring hinges, DMX triggers, foam fabrication, and sculpture.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
For example, Connelly of Columbia University mentioned new understandings of the danger surrounding the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

— Carrie Johnson, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026