Synonyms of discover

Verb

1. detect, observe, find, discover, notice, spy, sight

usage: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

2. learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see

usage: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

3. discover, find, gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise

usage: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

4. discover, find, learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see

usage: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

5. fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover, find, regain

usage: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

6. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, tell

usage: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

7. discover

usage: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

8. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

usage: identify as in botany or biology, for example

Definition and meaning of discover (Dictionary)