| Main Entry: | come upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
Synonyms: |
bump into, chance, come across, encounter, meet |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from behind and grab |
Synonyms: |
board, climb on, come upon, cotch, get, go after, grab, hop on, jump, make, overhaul, overtake, pass, ram, reach, run down, take |
Antonyms: |
let go, push |
| Main Entry: | come on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, enter |
Synonyms: |
begin, come across, come into, come upon, encounter, meet, pass in, set foot in, take place |
Antonyms: |
depart, exit, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth |
| Notes: | The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
Synonyms: |
alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo |
Antonyms: |
avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | invent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, think up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, author, bear, bring into being, coin, come up with, come upon, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, execute, fake, fashion, find, forge, form, formulate, frame, hatch, imagine, improve, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, jam*, knock off, make, make up, mint, off-the-cuff, originate, plan, produce, project, toss off, turn out, wing* |
Antonyms: |
steal |
| Main Entry: | locate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find |
Synonyms: |
come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one's hands on, light upon, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out, smoke out, spot, station, strike, stumble on, track down, trip over, uncover, unearth, zero in on |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | look up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | research |
Synonyms: |
come upon, confirm, discover, find, hunt for, peruse, scan, search for, seek, seek out, track down |
Antonyms: |
wing it |
| Main Entry: | overtake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch; pass |
Synonyms: |
beat, befall, better, catch up with, come upon, engulf, gain on, get past, get to, happen, hit, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outstrip, overhaul, overwhelm, reach, strike, take by surprise |
Antonyms: |
fall behind |