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discovery - 15 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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