Synonyms for locate
ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪtlo·cate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. locate

   Synonyms:
   place, establish, settle, fix, dispose, lodge

   Antonyms:
   displace, disestablish, dislodge, remove

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1. locate, turn upverb

   discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

   "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

   Synonyms:
   turn out, turn up, settle, prove, site, fold up, dig up, fold, surface, excavate, situate, come out, come on, show up, place

2. situate, locateverb

   determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

   "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

   Synonyms:
   turn up, settle, site, posit, situate, deposit, fix, place

3. locate, place, siteverb

   assign a location to

   "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

   Synonyms:
   put, aim, come out, order, range, set, pose, place, settle, grade, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, turn up, come in, target, situate, post, point, commit, localise

4. settle, locateverb

   take up residence and become established

   "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, settle, place, go under, situate, take root, determine, site, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, turn up, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

Matched Categories

1. • Determine
   • Station

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1. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   place, set, establish, fix

2. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   determine the place of, designate the site of

3. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   set off (as tracts of land), fix the boundaries of

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1. List of paraphrases for "locate":

   localize, find, locating, trace, iocate, localise, identify, situate, browse, search, pinpoint, finding, localization, track

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How to use locate in a sentence?

1. Jesse Hernandez:

   BOY, 13, FOUND ALIVE AFTER FALLING INTO LOS ANGELES DRAINAGE DITCH' MAZE' The children ran to the adults, who called 911 as Jesse was fighting to stay alive in the fast-moving sewage. Rescuers used cameras propped on flotation devices to locate the boy. They finally spotted handprints on a sewage pipe that eventually led them to Jesse’s location. The first thing they heard was' Help !' said Adel Hagekhalil, assistant general manager of the sanitation department. Adel Hagekhalil caught onto the hose and was reeled back up.

2. Stearns County Sheriff Office:

   Due to a past history of domestic abuse this is not a safe environment for the children to be in, because of these circumstances, Stearns County and the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office are looking to locate the family to assess their current situation and possibly take appropriate action.

3. Chris Kear:

   With the extent of the fire and the volume of fire, the conditions were just too unbearable where firefighters went in, and they just could not locate the firefighter, and they had to back out.

4. Nurcahyo Utomo:

   We are confident that rescuers would be able to locate them in time.

5. Steve Hamilton:

   It is reasonable to expect many are victims of trafficking, if not outright slavery, but for the first time in possibly several years their feet are touching dry land and there is a real possibility for them to go home, once we and the authorities locate and process them.