Synonyms for Find
18 senses across 2 parts of speech, powered by WordNet 3.0.
Words related to "Find" (verb) include happen, chance, bump, encounter.
Verb
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"We find this idea in Plato" "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here" "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
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happenchancebumpencounter
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"
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detectobservediscovernotice
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find outsenseinstantiatetracesee
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spy
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
"Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!"
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regain
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feellocatefall uponrout up
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get
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
"find the product of two numbers" "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
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determinefind outascertain
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gaugetranslaterectifyredeterminesequencerefractcountadmeasuresituate
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
"I feel that he doesn't like me" "I find him to be obnoxious" "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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feel
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reason
perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices" "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school" "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions" "I want to see results"
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witnesssee
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catch
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experience
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
"I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener" "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing" "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
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line upget holdcome up
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get
make a discovery, make a new finding
"Roentgen discovered X-rays" "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
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discover
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gestate
make a discovery
"She found that he had lied to her" "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
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discover
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rake upferret out
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learn
obtain through effort or management
"She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents" "We found the money to send our sons to college"
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get
decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty"
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rule
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pronounce
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" "His movie received a good review" "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
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receivegetobtainincur
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take
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change
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
"I found myself in a difficult situation" "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
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perceive
get or find back; recover the use of
"She regained control of herself" "She found her voice and replied quickly"
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recoverretrieveregain
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access
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get
succeed in reaching; arrive at
"The arrow found its mark"
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reach
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
"My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
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find oneself
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mature
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lose
Noun
a productive insight
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discoverybreakthrough
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insight
the act of discovering something
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discoveryuncovering
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act
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