Antonyms for discern
dɪˈsɜrn, -ˈzɜrndis·cern

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1. discern

   What we discern we see apart from all other objects; what we discriminate we judge apart; what we distinguish we mark apart, or recognize by some special mark or manifest difference. We discriminate by real differences; we distinguish by outward signs; an officer is readily distinguished from a common soldier by his uniform. Objects may be dimly discerned at twilight, when yet we can not clearly distinguish one from another. We descry (originally espy) what is difficult to discover. Compare DISCOVER; LOOK.

   Synonyms:
   behold, descry, discriminate, distinguish, observe, perceive, recognize, see

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1. discern

   Antonyms:
   overlook, confound, misdiscern

   Synonyms:
   descry, observe, recognize, see, distinguish, discover, behold, penetrate, discriminate, differentiate, separate, perceive

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

   detect with the senses

   "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

   Synonyms:
   bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blob

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1. discernverb

   Synonyms:
   perceive, discriminate, distinguish, see

How to use discern in a sentence?

1. H Hahn Blavatsky:

   When he has ceased to hear the many, he may discern the One - the inner sound which kills the outer.

2. Peter Stahl:

   Whether or not that is related to testosterone deficiency or usual things like not sleeping enough, poor lifestyle and lack of exercise, is very difficult to discern.

3. Susie Lee:

   Siren's touchstones always reference what I discern works in real life, give women the chance to send subtle cues of interest, men to show off a little of who they are, friends to recommend good men and people to make each other smile.

4. Thomas McLoughlin:

   We're beginning to discern a ... mindset on the island that the government is weighing the interest of investors against the economic interest of the island.

5. Ken Hughes:

   The grand jury was able to discern that Nixon Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon, and the only reason that they did not indict Richard Nixon is because there was a question of whether or not a sitting President could be indicted.

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