Synonyms of dig up

dig up

verb

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• find
• learn
• discover
• locate
• dig out
• get
• find out
• track (down)
• hunt (down or up)
• run down
• hit (on or upon)
• ascertain
• dredge (up)
• determine
• turn up
• detect
• ferret (out)
• rout (out)
• root (out)
• scout (up)
• scare up
• nose out
• rummage
• descry
• sight
• search (for or out)
• spot
• look for
• seek
• espy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pass over
• miss
• overlook
• lose
• misset
• misplace
• mislay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dig up

The team’s goal was to dig up the regolith and then deposit it in the form of a long berm, a challenge that mimics NASA’s future needs to build up protective walls on the moon’s surface to keep infrastructure safe when rockets launch and land, kicking up lunar dust. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2026

Here’s how to discourage them from digging up your lawn and garden. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

That required the club to dig up the pitch, install the underground technology and relay the grass over 10 weeks last summer. —Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 19 May 2026

Residents rallied against landowner Matt Connell’s proposal with many expressing concerns the burial site would disrupt their quiet community and contaminate groundwater or attract wildlife that could dig up the graves. —Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026