discover - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Synonyms

• discover
• find out
• get a line
• get wind
• get word
• hear
• learn
• pick up
• see

More specific

• ascertain
• catch
• discover
• find
• get the goods
• trip up
• wise up

Related

• find
• see
• witness

Verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonyms

• describe
• discover
• distinguish
• identify
• key
• key out
• name

Related

• assort
• class
• classify
• separate
• sort
• sort out

Verb

make a discovery

Synonyms

• discover
• find

More generic

• discover
• find out
• get a line
• get wind
• get word
• hear
• learn
• pick up
• see

More specific

• ferret
• ferret out
• rake up

Related

• discover
• find

Verb

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Synonyms

• break
• bring out
• disclose
• discover
• divulge
• expose
• give away
• let on
• let out
• reveal
• uncover
• unwrap

More generic

• tell

More specific

• babble
• babble out
• betray
• bewray
• blab
• blab out
• blackwash
• blow
• come out
• come out of the closet
• confide
• leak
• let the cat out of the bag
• muckrake
• out
• peach
• reveal
• sing
• spill the beans
• spring
• talk
• tattle

Related

• break
• get around
• get out

Related

• break
• get around
• get out

Verb

make a discovery, make a new finding

Synonyms

• discover
• find

More generic

• conceive
• conceptualise
• conceptualize
• gestate

Related

• ascertain
• detect
• determine
• discover
• find
• find out
• notice
• observe

Verb

see for the first time; make a discovery

Synonyms

• discover

More specific

• rediscover

Related

• comprehend
• perceive

Verb

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

Synonyms

• detect
• discover
• find
• notice
• observe

More generic

• sight
• spy

More specific

• catch out
• find out
• instantiate
• see
• sense
• trace

Related

• discover
• find

Verb

find unexpectedly

Synonyms

• attain
• chance on
• chance upon
• come across
• come upon
• discover
• fall upon
• happen upon
• light upon
• strike

More generic

• find
• regain

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