discovery

Main Entry:
discovery [dih-skuhv-uh-ree]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: finding, uncovering
Synonyms: analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification
Antonyms: loss, miss
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [more]. [Result of search or inquiry] Discovery.
Synonyms:
-nouns
discovery, detection, disenchantment; ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation., trover.
-verbs
discover, find, determine, evolve; fix upon; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig up, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter., solve, resolve; unriddle, unravel, unlock; pick the lock, open the lock; find a clue, find a clew to; interpret; disclose., trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one's finger upon, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth [more]; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail an the head, hit the nail an the head., be near the truth, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, smell a rat., open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping., pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across; meet with, fall in with., recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify.
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Main Entry: breakthrough
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advance, progress
Synonyms: boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap, rise, step forward
Antonyms: step back, step backward
Main Entry: contrivance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gadget
Synonyms: apparatus, appliance, brainchild, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, utensil, whatsis, widget
Main Entry: disclosure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: announcement, revelation
Synonyms: acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, blow-by-blow, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, divulgation, divulgence, enlightenment, exposal, exposure, exposé, handout, impartance, impartation, leak, make, picture, publication, revealing, revealment, rundown, snitch, squeal, tip*, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment, ventilation
Antonyms: secret
Main Entry: finding
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: judgment, verdict
Synonyms: award, conclusion, data, decision, decree, discovery, pronouncement, recommendation, sentence
Main Entry: invention
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: creation, creativeness
Synonyms: apparatus, black box, brainchild, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativity, design, development, device, discovery, doodad, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo, imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, inventiveness, novelty, opus, original, originality, resourcefulness
Antonyms: steal
Main Entry: milestone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: achievement
Synonyms: anniversary, breakthrough, discovery, event, landmark, milepost, occasion, turning point, waypost
Main Entry: news
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: information, revelation
Synonyms: account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, communiqué, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, hearsay, intelligence, itemization, knowledge, leak, lowdown, message, narration, news flash, particularization, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, the goods, tidings, word*
Antonyms: history
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