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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. discovery

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

   Synonyms:
   certainty, demonstration, evidence, fact, proof

Matched Categories

1. • Disclosure
   • Law

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. discoverynoun

   Synonyms:
   ascertainment, detection, unearthing, disclosure

How to use discovery in a sentence?

1. Paul Callan:

   Even good defamation cases are hard to win in court, because of the discovery involved and proving actual damages. But this case, I think, is going to be extraordinarily difficult, the defense will be that this is simply an expression of opinion by the President, which he's allowed to express, and that is considered non-defamatory under defamation law.

2. Marie Curie, Lecture at Vassar College, May 14, 1921:

   We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.

3. Adam Gazzaley:

   Although most players may not have scientific training, they may indeed have skills( e.g. logic, spatial manipulation) that make them valuable, there is great potential for widely distributed games played by large numbers of individuals around the world to aid the scientific discovery process.

4. Tommy Potter:

   The production company that has been working with us for Discovery has been very good about letting us do our job, so if it means having to put information out there for the public, utilize our crime lines here in the area — they want us to do that. They understand the investigation is first and foremost. That’s the priority. Then everything else is secondary to that.

5. The Englishman:

   As with almost any discovery science the impact of that becomes evident later. We didn't foresee the broad reach of this system when we started the work.

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