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| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, descry, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, identify, meet, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, spot, turn up, uncover, unmask, dig up, hit on*, hit upon, meet with, nose out*, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, tumble into, wise up to |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook, pass by, not see |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
| Synonyms: | advance, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, submit, uncover, bring forth, stumble upon |
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, find out, focus, foresee, judge, know, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, remark, rubberneck*, separate, spot, take in, view, discrepate, figure out, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, pick out, secern, see the light, see through, severalize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out*, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, locate, look up, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, spot, turn up, unearth, dig up, get wind of, get wise to, light upon, nose out*, pick up on, smoke out, think of |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | find out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, learn |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, detect, determine, disclose, divine, expose, hear, identify, note, observe, perceive, realize, reveal, see, uncover, unearth, unmask, catch on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | observe, perceive |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, heed, make out*, mark, mind, note, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in, flash on, get a load of, look at, pick up on |
| Antonyms: | ignore, miss, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sniff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe in |
| Synonyms: | detect, inhale, inspire, nose, scent, smell, snuff, snift, snuffle |
| Antonyms: | hold nose |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | bear, bump into, close, come across, come upon, confront, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, find, front, meet, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo, alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into |
| Antonyms: | avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, bump into*, collar*, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, ferret out, identify, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, sight, spot, strike, turn up*, uncover, unearth, arrive at, chance upon, dig up, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, lay fingers on, light upon, run across, run into, scare up, smoke out, stumble upon, track down, trip on |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, recognize |
| Synonyms: | detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, notice, observe, perceive, remark |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | observe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, notice |
| Synonyms: | beam, behold, catch, contemplate, detect, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, eagle-eye, espy, examine, eyeball, flash*, get a load of, get an eyeful of, inspect, keep one's eye on, lamp*, look at, make out*, mark, mind, monitor, note, pay attention to, perceive, pick up on, read, recognize, regard, scrutinize, spot, spy, study, survey, take in*, view, watch, witness |
| Antonyms: | ignore, miss, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | see |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perceive with eyes |
| Synonyms: | beam, behold, clock*, contemplate, descry, detect, discern, distinguish, espy, examine, eye, flash, gape, gawk, gaze, glare, glimpse, heed, identify, inspect, lay eyes on, look, make out, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, peek, peep, peer, peg*, penetrate, pierce, recognize, regard, remark, scan, scope, scrutinize, sight, spot, spy, stare, survey, view, watch, witness, be apprised of, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, get a load of, look at, pay attention to, take notice |
| Antonyms: | be blind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perceive with the nose |
| Synonyms: | breathe, detect, discover, find, identify, inhale, nose, scent, sniff, snuff, get a whiff |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek, follow |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, detect, determine, discern, discover, ferret out, find, hunt, perceive, pursue, run down, shadow, spoor, spot, stalk, track, trail, unearth, search for, smell out |
| Antonyms: | ignore, run away |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
| Synonyms: | descry, detect, encounter, expose, spot, surprise, turn up, unmask, hit upon, meet with, take unawares |
| Antonyms: | miss, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, find out |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, ascertain, certify, check, demonstrate, detect, divine, establish, figure, hear, learn, make out, see, tell, tumble, unearth, verify, work out, boil down to, catch on, figure out, have a hunch, size up |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, identify |
| Synonyms: | beam*, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, flash*, focus, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, pick out, pick up on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, find out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, detect, determine, discern, gain, gather, hear, see, tumble, uncover, understand, unearth, catch on, dig up, smoke out, stumble upon, trip over |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, recognize |
| Synonyms: | catch, descry, detect, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, find, identify, locate, make out, observe, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up, catch sight of, determinate, meet with, pick out |
| Antonyms: | overlook |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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