FIND Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈfīnd

Definition of find

as in to discover

to come upon after searching, study, or effort we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites

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Relevance

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as in to encounter

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance hey, I found my notebook!

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noun

as in discovery

something discovered that antique plate was a great garage sale find

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The baby was found in the rubble and hospitalized at Bagram Air Base near Kabul, where military lawyer Joshua Mast decided with his wife to adopt her. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 Kendall teaches children and teenagers to break down anxiety-provoking situations, such as finding friends to sit with in the cafeteria or asking someone for a date, into smaller steps and planning what to do if something goes wrong. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Noun

Insider tip Such a great find for those looking for an alternative to Airbnb. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 The findings at Abric Romaní are different because the finds come from a place where Neanderthals lived, slept, cooked, and made tools over the course of some 20,000 years. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for find

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They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discover

Verb

Building repairs can bring equipment or barriers into common areas, and unfinished work may leave a space looking different from the way residents normally encounter it.

— Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Birds breeding in one part of the continent may travel one route and encounter one set of environmental conditions, while members of the same species experience a completely different set of conditions along another route.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of encounter

Noun

The discovery, made in the German city of Leipzig, was announced by the Saxony State Office for Archaeology in late September.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
However, the discovery does not mean the same genetic variation determines organ placement in humans.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovery

Verb

Even its afterglow was so absurdly incandescent that JWST was able to locate the source supernova only several months later.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Last year, the counties that saw the highest acreage losses by far were San Joaquin — where Lodi is located — and Fresno.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of locate

Verb

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle safety, largely relies on automakers to certify that their cars meet federal standards.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Even a slight misalignment could leave visible defects where colors meet, while four hotends introduce more components that could potentially fail.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of meet

Verb

White said Salvation Brands is not to be confused with the big brand management firms such as Authentic Brands Group and WHP Global, which are getting all the attention these days.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Waddhwa moved to strike a film development deal around the incident after getting unsolicited inquiries from Indian media firms.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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