discover

Meanings

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• make a discovery, make a new finding
  • "Roentgen discovered X-rays"
• make a discovery
  • "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
• find unexpectedly
• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• see for the first time; make a discovery
  • "Who discovered the North Pole?"
• identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonyms

attain, break, bring out, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, describe, detect, disclose, distinguish, divulge, expose, fall upon, find, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, give away, happen upon, hear, identify, key, key out, learn, let on, let out, light upon, name, notice, observe, pick up, reveal, see, strike, unwrap