Synonyms of find
67 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for find is spot. Other synonyms of find are discover, encounter, locate, learn and determine. The opposite of find is lose.
Synonyms and similar words for find
verbTo encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- come uponTo discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
- encounterTo meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- happen acrossTo find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).
- run acrossTo find or discover by chance; to come across.
- catch
- check
- detect
- determineTo bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- discoverTo find or learn something for the first time.
- disinter
- fish upTo produce or find by fishing.
- identify
- learnTo come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- locateTo find out where something is located.
- map
- navigateTo find a way through a difficult situation or process.
- pick up
- pinpointTo identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.
- place
- positionTo put into place.
- recognize
- search
- spotTo see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- trace
- trackTo discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- uncover
- unearthTo uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
- explore
verbTo encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
verbTo attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
verbTo decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
- considerTo assign some quality to.
- hold
- look uponTo consider or regard something in a specific manner.
- account formalTo estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- appraiseTo consider comprehensively.
- count
- esteemTo look upon something in a particular way.
- seeTo determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- deem
- dubTo deem.
- interpret
- judgeTo sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- regard as
- respectTo regard; to consider; to deem.
- think of
- view as
- censure obsoleteTo form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
verbTo determine or judge.
- decide
- make a decisionTo decide.
- choose upTo select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
- resolveTo find a solution to (a problem).
- poskenTo make an official ruling or decision.
- make up one's mindTo decide; to reach a conclusion.
- take a decisionSynonym of make a decision.
- work outTo decide.
nounAnything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with...
Opposite of find
verbTo encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
verbTo attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- leave behind
- forlese obsoleteTo abandon, forsake.
Meaning of find
- verb To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- verb To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- verb To locate on behalf of another.
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