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| Main Entry: | discovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | found |
| Synonyms: | exposed, famous, learned, observed, opened, originated, perceived, presented, real, recognized, shown, sighted, spotted, unlocked, well-known, ascertained, detected, disclosed, disinterred, espied, explored, happened upon, identified, invented, revealed, searched out, unearthed, unveiled |
| Antonyms: | hidden, lost, unfound |
| 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: | uncovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed |
| Synonyms: | bare, caught, discovered, naked, nude, shown, stripped, unconcealed, unprotected, visible, vulnerable, weakened, brought to light, disclosed, divulged, dug up, found out, laid bare, made public, on display, on view, revealed, solved, unmasked, unveiled |
| Main Entry: | overheard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | listened to |
| Synonyms: | discovered, heard, recorded |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made public |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bare, caught, clear, discovered, evident, exhibited, manifest, naked, open, shown, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unprotected, unsheltered, visible, bared, brought to light, debunked, defined, denuded, disclosed, divulged, dug up, for show, found out, laid bare, made manifest, on display, on the spot, on view, peeled, resolved, revealed, solved, unhidden, unmasked, unsealed, unveiled |
| Antonyms: | concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret |
| Main Entry: | observed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | noticed |
| Synonyms: | discovered, examined, found, heard, inspected, marked, noted, noticed, perceived, realized, recognized, watched, ascertained, attended, beheld, checked, contemplated, descried, detected, discerned, espied, heeded, looked at, regarded, revealed, scrutinized, seen, surveyed, viewed |
| Antonyms: | unnoticed, unseen, unperceived |
| Main Entry: | naked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manifest, evident |
| Synonyms: | artless, blatant, discovered, dry, matter-of-fact, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, plain, pure, sheer, simple, stark, unadorned, unmistakable, unqualified, unvarnished, disclosed, revealed, undisguised, unexaggerated |
| Antonyms: | hidden, private, secret |
| Main Entry: | ascertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sure |
| Synonyms: | check, check out*, confirm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, establish, eye*, find out, fix, identify, learn, learn the ropes*, peg*, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, tell, verify, catch on, check up on, double-check, eyeball, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, look-see, make certain, make sure, pick up on, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come across |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encounter, find |
| Synonyms: | bump into, discover, meet, notice, uncover, unearth, chance upon, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, stumble upon |
| Main Entry: | come at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reach, attain |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, discover, find, grasp, succeed, touch, win, feel for |
| 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: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, let on, network*, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, relate, report, reveal, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write, be in touch, get through, interface, keep in touch, let out, make known, pass on, phone, reach out, ring up |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, suppress, withhold, keep quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
| Synonyms: | author, cast, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, ghost*, imagine, indite, invent, knock off*, knock out*, make up, orchestrate, originate, pen, produce, put down, score, scribble, script, set up, time, turn out, whip up*, write, bang out, clef, coin a phrase, comp, fudge together, ghostwrite, note down, poetize, push pencil, put pen to paper, set type |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concoct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
| Synonyms: | batch*, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme, vamp, ad lib, prefab, slap together, throw together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
| Synonyms: | actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | debunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | deflate, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up*, unmask, cut down to size, demystify, uncloak, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | prove, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear*, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, vamp, whip up*, work out, dope out*, fake it, think up, throw together, trump up |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, rout, sap, scoop, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth, dig down, fork out, hoe, root out, scoop out |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| 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: | disclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, make public |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light*, broadcast, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, leak, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch*, spill, spill the beans*, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter, come out of the closet, lay bare, let slip, make known |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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