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

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1. discovery

   Synonyms:
   certainty, demonstration, evidence, fact, proof

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Disclosure
   • Law

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. discoverynoun

   Synonyms:
   ascertainment, detection, unearthing, disclosure

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1. List of paraphrases for "discovery":

   detection, discovered, discoveries, découverte, discovering, discover, finding, uncovering, exploration, detect, found, detecting, breakthrough, detected, mine-detection, discoverable

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1. List of known nicknames for "Discovery":

   Penny McCleery, Shanokee

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1. Maddie LaRue:

   [ Drug companies ] really utilize the scientific literature, and most of the literature is coming out of big academic labs, if academic labs are shut down for months and research continuities are disrupted, it's going to take several more months to gain momentum again and people won't be producing results for some time... That could really put a lag on the drug discovery pipeline that we have going with industry.

2. Professor Lattanzio:

   Knowing it did not arise here would be an important discovery, good science does not say there is no mechanism for this. Good science says: ‘Is there a phenomenon to explain?’ If so, then we do need to find a mechanism.

3. Craig Robinson:

   We are still in the stage of discovery for voters... People are still kicking the tires. They like what they see, but they really haven't done the research.

4. Kathrin Altwegg:

   It is the most surprising discovery we have made so far in 67P because oxygen was not among the molecules suspected in a cometary comas, the first time we saw it I think we all went a little bit into denial because it was not expected to be found in a comet.

5. Woodward Fischer:

   This discovery from Jared Leadbetter and Hang fills a major intellectual gap in our understanding of Earth's elemental cycles, and adds to the diverse ways in which manganese, an abstruse but common transition metal, has shaped the evolution of life on our planet.