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| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, asset, bargain, boast, bonanza, catch, gem, jewel, pride, treasure, good buy, one in a million, treasure trove |
| Notes: | a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| 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: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, win |
| Synonyms: | acquire, attain, be one's lot, earn, fall to the lot, gain, get, meet, meet with, obtain, procure |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall short, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| 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: | 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: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
| Synonyms: | bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over, accouch |
| 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: | detection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disclosure, exposé, exposure, find, revelation, strike, espial, ferreting out, tracking down, uncovering, unearthing, unmasking |
| Antonyms: | failure, miss, mistake |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; discover |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, come across, come up with, delve, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, sift*, uncover, unearth, dig down, search high and low, shake down*, turn inside out, turn upside down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out*, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, wine and dine*, victual |
| Antonyms: | starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throwing bait to catch seafood |
| Synonyms: | angle, bait, bait the hook, bob, cast, cast one's hook, cast one's net, chum, extract, extricate, find, go fishing, haul out, net, produce, pull out, seine, trawl, troll |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be led to believe; infer |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, deduce, draw, expect, find, hear, imagine, judge, learn, make, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield, fork out*, fork up, give up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained or moved |
| Synonyms: | booty, burden, cargo, catch, find, freight, gain, harvest, lading, load, loot*, payload*, spoils, yield, takings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | identify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize; label |
| Synonyms: | analyze, button down, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, find, make out, name, peg*, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on, select, separate, single out, spot, tab*, tag* |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mistake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, think up |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, author, bear, 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, originate, plan, produce, project, turn out, wing*, bring into being, off-the-cuff, toss off |
| Antonyms: | steal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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