Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
| Synonyms: | behold, detect, determine, discern, disclose, espy, note, observe, perceive, reveal, see, sight, spot |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
| Synonyms: | descry, detect, encounter, expose, hit upon, meet with, spot, surprise, take unawares, turn up, unmask |
| Antonyms: | miss, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, descry, dig up, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit on, hit upon, identify, meet, meet with, nose out, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out, smoke out, spot, stumble on, track down, tumble into, turn up, uncover, unmask, wise up to |
| Antonyms: | miss, not see, overlook, pass by |
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, identify |
| Synonyms: | beam*, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, eyeball, flash*, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, pick up on, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo |
| Antonyms: | avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glimpse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look briefly |
| Synonyms: | catch sight of, check out, descry, espy, eye, flash, get a load of, get an eyeful, peek, sight, spot, spy, take a gander, take in*, view |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect by perceiving sound |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get an earful, get wind of, get*, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, hark, hearken, heed, listen, make out, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take in* |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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