Synonyms of detected

detected 1 of 2

adjective

as in identified

Related Words

• identified
• discovered
• crowded
• bustling
• swarming
• traveled
• busy
• teeming
• thronging
• trod

Dissimilar Words

• undiscovered
• unexplored
• pristine
• untrodden
• virgin
• trackless
• unspoiled
• pathless
• untraversed
• untraveled

detected

2 of 2

verb

past tense of detect

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• found
• discovered
• learned
• located
• got
• ascertained
• determined
• found out
• tracked (down)
• dug up
• dug out
• ran down
• rooted (out)
• hit (on or upon)
• turned up
• routed (out)
• rummaged
• hunted (down or up)
• dredged (up)
• spotted
• descried
• ferreted (out)
• scouted (up)
• scared up
• sighted
• nosed out
• sought
• espied
• looked for
• searched (for or out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• passed over
• overlooked
• lost
• misplaced
• mislaid
• misset

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of detected

Verb

Each image is automatically anonymized, with potentially identifying information, like faces and license plates, detected and blurred. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

The disease has been detected in almost every state, and local health departments have reported eight deaths connected to the outbreaks this year. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026

Additionally, researchers detected weaker signals that were consistent with THC, based on their mass, according to the University of Bern. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

This year, no pesticides at all were detected in five of eight products tested. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Sue’s situation is unique, since most Alzheimer’s cases are detected late in life when symptoms are more pronounced. — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026

Once the screwworm is detected, treatment would also be much more complicated for wildlife than for livestock, because wildlife cannot be treated individually and thus are more dependent on the use of sterile flies to eradicate screwworm. — Eric Michel, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

The law requires providers of systems generating synthetic audio, images, video, or text to mark outputs in a machine-readable format so they can be detected as artificially generated or manipulated. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026

Schweitzer noted that this substance is not detected in living red blood cells. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026