Nouns (0)
Verbs (32)
find
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
find
v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
see for the first time
v. see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
find, notice, detect, observe
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
key, name, identify, distinguish, describe, key out
v. identify as in botany or biology, for example
strike, come across, come upon, light upon, happen upon, chance upon, chance on
v. find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
see, pick up, learn, hear, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (144)
locate, turn up, unearth
v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
find, discover
v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
find, notice, discover, detect, observe
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
find, find out, ascertain, determine
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
locate, turn up, unearth
v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
find, discover
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
find, notice, discover, detect, observe
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
find, find out, ascertain, determine
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
spot, spy, descry, espy
v. catch sight of
understand
v. "I did not catch this!"
find, witness, see
v. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
watch, see
v. check, try, or ascertain; "See whether it works!"
catch, watch, view, see, take in
v. see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider
v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
follow, watch, observe, keep an eye on, watch over
v. follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
locate, turn up, unearth
v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
find, discover
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
find, discover
v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
find, find out, ascertain, determine
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
catch
v. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"
evidence, tell, ascertain, demonstrate
v. give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
mark, note, notice
v. notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
see
v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"
catalog, catalogue
v. make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
ferret out
v. search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
root, rout, rootle
v. dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
locate, turn up, unearth
v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
find, discover
v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
find, notice, discover, detect, observe
v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine
v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
find, find out, ascertain, determine
v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
Synonyms (18)
see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know
v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
pluck, pick, cull
v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
find, discover
v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
Antonyms (3)
lose, lose sight of, miss from one's possessions
v. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"
discover
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