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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

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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How to use discovery in a sentence?

1. Wilhelmina Delco:

   It's a discovery, and now newcomers are getting exorbitant prices for the homes, and that drives up the cost.

2. G. K. Chesterton, The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown:

   The discovery of this strange society was a curiously refreshing thing; to realize that there were ten new trades in the world was like looking at the first ship or the first plough. It made a man feel what he should feel, that he was still in the childhood of the world.

3. "Why" on Quartz:

   My curiosity is my creativity on the way to discovery.

4. Laura Howarth:

   It kind of revolutionized our understanding of who the Anglo-Saxons were. This discovery illuminated the so-called Dark Ages and showed that these people were culturally sophisticated with amazing levels of craftsmanship and far-reaching trading connections.

5. Neama Rahmani:

   Almost no chance the motion is granted, discovery violations can result in sanctions, exclusion of evidence and adverse jury instructions, but dismissal with prejudice is the last resort.