| Main Entry: | come across |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encounter, find |
Synonyms: |
bump into, chance upon, discover, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, notice, stumble upon, uncover, unearth |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of, lay hands on |
Synonyms: |
arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth |
| 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: |
fail, lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to figure out; imagine |
Synonyms: |
believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, dare say, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon, hazard*, hypothesize, infer, judge, jump to a conclusion, lump it, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, size up, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, take a shot at, take a stab at, theorize, think, think likely, venture, work out* |
Antonyms: |
calculate, measure |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | pick up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain, find |
Synonyms: |
acquire, annex, buy, chalk up, come across, compass, cull, extract, gain, garner, gather, get, get the hang of, glean, happen upon, have, learn, procure, purchase, score, secure, take |
Antonyms: |
have, spend, throw away |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, discover |
Synonyms: |
achieve, arrive at, attain, catch, chance upon, come across, come upon, dig up, effect, encounter, happen upon, hit upon, lay bare, light upon, open up, reach, seize, stumble across, take, turn up, uncover, unearth |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss |