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discovery - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
| Synonyms: | analysis, calculation, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, strike, verification, ascertainment, authentication, certification, espial, experimentation, sensing, sighting, unearthing |
| Antonyms: | loss, miss |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; invention |
| Synonyms: | bonanza*, breakthrough, conclusion, contrivance, coup, data, design, device, find, finding, formula, godsend*, innovation, law, luck, machine, method, principle, process, result, secret, theorem, way, algorithm, luck out |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
| Synonyms: | boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap*, rise, step forward |
| Antonyms: | step back, step backward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, revelation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, enlightenment, exposé, exposure, handout, leak, make, picture, publication, rundown, snitch*, squeal*, tip*, ventilation, blow-by-blow, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, impartance, impartation, revealing, revealment, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | finding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, verdict |
| Synonyms: | award, conclusion, data, decision, decree, discovery, pronouncement, recommendation, sentence |
| Main Entry: | milestone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, breakthrough, discovery, event, landmark, occasion, turning point, milepost, waypost |
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | origination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
| Synonyms: | beginning, birth, commencement, conception, creation, dawn, discovery, genesis, innovation, introduction, launch, source, start, dawning, starting point |
| Main Entry: | protégé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dependent, pupil |
| Synonyms: | apprentice, charge, discovery, student, ward, star student |
| Notes: | prodigy refers to a person with exceptional talents, protégé is a male who is guided or helped by someone, and protégée is the female version |
| Main Entry: | revelation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure, telling |
| Synonyms: | announcement, apocalypse, betrayal, break, broadcasting, clue, communication, cue, discovery, display, divination, exhibition, expose, exposition, exposure, flash, inspiration, leak, manifestation, news, oracle, proclamation, prophecy, publication, scoop*, showing, sign, tip, vision, adumbration, blow by blow, divulgement, earful, epiphany, eye-opener, foreshadowing, lightning bolt, the latest, uncovering, unearthing, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | search warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | court order authorizing search |
| Synonyms: | discovery, summons |
| Main Entry: | invention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, creativeness |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, black box*, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad*, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo*, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, novelty, opus, original, originality, brainchild, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | steal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | publication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | printing of written or visual material |
| Synonyms: | advertisement, announcement, appearance, broadcast, broadcasting, communication, declaration, disclosure, discovery, dissemination, notification, proclamation, public relations, publicity, reporting, revelation, statement, ventilation, writing, airing, divulgation, issuance, issuing, promulgation, pronunciamento, publishing |
| Main Entry: | recognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification, acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, admission, allowance, appreciation, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take*, high sign*, memory, notice, noticing, perceiving, perception, realization, recall, recollection, remembering, remembrance, respect, salute, sensibility, tumble*, understanding, verifying, acknowledging, apperception, apprehending, identifying, recalling, recognizance, recurrence |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrivance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack*, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamajig*, tool, utensil, widget*, brainchild, thingamabob, whatsis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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