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Synonyms for discovery
dɪˈskʌv ə ridis·cov·e·ry

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. discovery

    Synonyms:
    certainty, demonstration, evidence, fact, proof

    Antonyms:
    conjecture, guess, hypothesis, scheme, speculation, supposition, surmise, system, theory

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. discovery, find, uncoveringnoun

    the act of discovering something

    Synonyms:
    find, uncovering, husking, denudation, breakthrough, baring, stripping

  2. discoverynoun

    something that is discovered

    Synonyms:
    uncovering, breakthrough, find

  3. discovery, breakthrough, findnoun

    a productive insight

    Synonyms:
    uncovering, breakthrough, find

  4. discoverynoun

    (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

    Synonyms:
    uncovering, breakthrough, find

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Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. anagnorisis

    when character makes critical discovery in a play

    oedipus realizes he killed his father and married his mother

    Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. discoverynoun

    Synonyms:
    disclosure, revelation, making known

  2. discoverynoun

    Synonyms:
    finding, finding out

  3. discoverynoun

    Synonyms:
    first sight, first view

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. discoverynoun

    Synonyms:
    ascertainment, detection, unearthing, disclosure

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Discovery":

    Penny McCleery, Shanokee

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How to use discovery in a sentence?

  1. Brian Battle:

    Spinning a pot on a potter's wheel when it gets out of balance, it starts spinning a lot, this is all price discovery. We had a panic yesterday. As people get back in the market they're questioning what everything is worth. I don't think it's any one thing. What's most important is where its going to close. I think we'll have a really underwhelming close.

  2. Bruce Riedel:

    Barack Obama's discovering what a nightmare dealing with hostage problems is - a discovery previously made by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, i don't see a lot of room for change in American policy.

  3. Alvaro Clavijo:

    A lot of the food we take to the lodging isn't what they're used to, we've been taking them on a discovery.

  4. Hugh Willmott:

    Our findings have demonstrated that this is a site of international importance, but its discovery and initial interpretation has only been possible through engaging with a responsible local metal detectorist who reported their finds to the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

  5. Michael Garcia:

    Finding Earth's largest shield volcano in the 21st Century is a surprising discovery, but then we know more about the surface of Mars than what is below the ocean on Earth, we are still discovering things about our physical planet that we did not know. There is still much to learn about planet Earth.


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