| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disclosure, espial, exposure, exposé, ferreting out, find, revelation, strike, tracking down, uncovering, unearthing, unmasking |
| Antonyms: | failure, miss, mistake |
| Main Entry: | observation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention, scrutiny |
| Synonyms: | ascertainment, check, cognition, cognizance, conclusion, consideration, detection, estimation, examination, experience, heedfulness, information, inspection, investigation, knowledge, mark, measurement, mind, monitoring, note, notice, noticing, once-over, overlook, perception, probe, recognizing, regard, remark, research, review, search, study, supervision, surveillance, view, watching |
| Notes: | observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law; observation refers to the act of noticing or recording |
| Antonyms: | heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | probe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
| Synonyms: | delving, detection, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, legwork, probing, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree |
| Main Entry: | recognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification, acknowledgment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledging, admission, allowance, apperception, appreciation, apprehending, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take, high sign, identifying, memory, notice, noticing, perceiving, perception, realization, recall, recalling, recognizance, recollection, recurrence, remembering, remembrance, respect, salute, sensibility, tumble*, understanding, verifying |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness, ignorance |
| Main Entry: | ascertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | detection, determination, find, finding, uncovering, unearthing |
| Main Entry: | espial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | observation |
| Synonyms: | attention, beholding, cognizance, detection, discovery, eyeing, finding, note, notice, observance, spotting |