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

Advertisement On the other side of the continent, in 2020, the first green crabs were detected on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Then, in 2023, Fermi detected another event—one that lasted for 200 seconds and also lacked a supernova. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections of hardware qubits are linked together in ways that allow errors to be detected and corrected. — ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Even where mold has been detected, brewing dilutes the concentration and lowers any health risk. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Before production, departments should understand what success looks like, how failures will be detected, who has authority to pause deployment and how service will be restored. — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

The drug is not approved for medical use and has been detected in illicit drugs and counterfeit pills. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

As many as 17 different PFAS compounds were detected at one or more sites, according to the groups. — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Authorities detected no attempts to destroy his monitoring device, the ministry said. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026