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| Main Entry: | unearth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light*, delve, determine, discover, disinter, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, find, find out, hear, learn, reveal, root, see, show, spark, spotlight*, strike, turn up, uncover, uproot, catch on*, dredge up, ferret, hit upon, see the light, stumble on, unbury |
| Antonyms: | bury |
* = 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: | delve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig into task, action |
| Synonyms: | burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out*, go into, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, research, rummage, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, unearth, gouge out, jump into, leave no stone unturned, really get into, scoop out, trowel, turn inside out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | dredge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deepen |
| Synonyms: | bring up, clean, raise, unearth, widen, dig up |
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | exhume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up, especially the dead |
| Synonyms: | disclose, disinter, reveal, unearth, disembalm, disentomb, disinhume, resurrect, unbury, uncharnel |
| Antonyms: | bury |
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light*, chase, determine, disclose, discover, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, seek, trace, trail, uncover, unearth, be on to, chase down, dig out, dig up, dig up, drive out, hunt down, nose out*, pick up on, root out, root out*, scout out, search out, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, track down, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | find out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, learn |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, detect, determine, disclose, divine, expose, hear, identify, note, observe, perceive, realize, reveal, see, uncover, unearth, unmask, catch on |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work, dig for |
| Antonyms: | bury |
| Main Entry: | track/track down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | follow, pursue |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, beat the bushes*, bring to light*, capture, catch, chase, cover, discover, do, dog*, expose, ferret out, find, hunt, put together, run down, scout, shadow, stalk, tail, trace, trail, travel, traverse, unearth, be hot on the trail, bird-dog, dig up, dog footsteps of, draw an inference, go after, piece together, smell out, sniff out, stick to |
| Antonyms: | run away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, disclose |
| Synonyms: | bare, betray, break, bring to light*, crack, denude, dig up, discover, display, divulge, expose, give away, hit upon, lay bare, lay open, leak, make known, open, open up, show, strike, strip, stumble on, subject, tap, tell, tip one's hand, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unmask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, announce, bare, bring to light*, come out with, confess, disclose, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, leak, show, tell, uncover, unearth, unveil, bring out into the open, let cat out of the bag, make known, make public, unclothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disinter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhume |
| Synonyms: | expose, unearth, dig up, disentomb |
| Main Entry: | shovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, dredge, excavate, load, mine, move, muck*, pass, pick up, shift, throw, unearth |
* = 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: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, leak, manifest, open, parade, present, prove, publish, report, show, show off, spill, streak, trot out*, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unveil, dig up, lay bare, lay open*, let cat out of bag, let out*, make known, open to view, put on view, smoke out, tip off, unclothe, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig, uncover |
| Synonyms: | beat, break, burrow, clean, clear, comb, delve, excavate, forage, hunt, poke, prepare, probe, pull up, rake, ransack, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, spade, unearth, uproot, ferret, fine-tooth-comb |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide |
| 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 |
* = 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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