Synonyms for find
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Discover — to locate. To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon
discover, learn, locate, determine, detect, catch informal, uncover, check, identify, encounter, hear, notice, unearth, meet, meet with, recognize UK US, recognise UK, spot, come upon, happen across, observe, trace, run across
2. Get — to attain to; to arrive at; to acquire
get, obtain, acquire, provide, procure, gain, gather, collect, achieve, arrive at, extract, contribute, furnish, win, receive, supply, incur, attain dated
3. See — to decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider
4. Make — to determine or judge
Other
ascertain, come up, feel, chance, happen, retrieve, recover, regain, localize, localise UK, witness, bump, rule
Noun
1. Discovery
Other
re-mark, line-up, breakthrough
Definitions
- v. 1
To locate. To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
I found this shell on the beach.
- v. 2
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
- v. 3
To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
I find your argument unsatisfactory.
- n. 1
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
Related words
- Word family
- findability findable finder
- Phrases
- find out find fault barn find find oneself find religion find the lady find time shed find
Forms
- Plural
- finds → discoveries, uncoverings, re-marks, line-ups…
Choose the right word
Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- learn That game is easy, once you learn the basic rules.
- determine The doctors couldn't determine the cause of death.
- discover How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie!
- locate The bat's sonar abilities allow it to locate prey.
- obtain I am able to obtain a registration form for free.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, see1, win1
- 4 letters
- make1, feel1, meet1, hear1, hold1, spot1, rule1, gain1, bump1
- 5 letters
- check1, learn1, judge1, catch1, trace1, incur2
- 6 letters
- chance1, happen2, notice2, supply2, decide2, obtain2, regard2, gather2, detect2, locate2, esteem2, regain2, attain2
- 7 letters
- provide2, respect2, receive2, achieve2, witness2, collect2, recover3, observe2, acquire3, extract2, uncover3, procure2, furnish2, unearth2
- 8 letters
- consider3, identify4, discover3, retrieve2, localize3, localise
- 9 letters
- determine3, recognize3, discovery4, encounter3, recognise3, ascertain3
- 10 letters
- contribute3, uncovering4
- 12 letters
- breakthrough2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (incur2 = 2 syllables).