Synonyms of discovering

discovering

verb

present participle of discover

1

as in realizing

to come to an awareness of

I was startled to discover that my keys were missing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• realizing
• learning
• seeing
• hearing
• finding
• ascertaining
• finding out
• getting on (to)
• detecting
• encountering
• catching on (to)
• spotting
• getting wind of
• hitting (on or upon)
• wising (up)
• perceiving
• tumbling (to)
• observing
• calculating
• figuring out
• noting
• discerning
• espying
• divining
• descrying
• puzzling (out)
• doping (out)
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding
• forgetting
• hiding
• covering
• concealing
• masking
• screening
• unlearning
• blanketing
• blotting out
• shrouding
• enshrouding
• cloaking
• veiling
• occulting
• curtaining

2

as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

we hope to discover the real reason for his odd behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• learning
• locating
• getting
• ascertaining
• detecting
• determining
• rummaging
• finding out
• tracking (down)
• hitting (on or upon)
• hunting (down or up)
• running down
• digging up
• digging out
• dredging (up)
• scouting (up)
• routing (out)
• ferreting (out)
• turning up
• rooting (out)
• spotting
• descrying
• seeking
• nosing out
• scaring up
• sighting
• espying
• looking for
• searching (for or out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• overlooking
• passing over
• losing
• misplacing
• mislaying
• missetting

3

as in disclosing

to make known (as information previously kept secret)

discovered to his friend how people whom he had trusted had betrayed him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disclosing
• revealing
• uncovering
• telling
• exposing
• sharing
• announcing
• divulging
• spilling
• unveiling
• baring
• unmasking
• leaking
• bringing to light
• going public (with)
• letting on (about)
• confiding
• publishing
• unbosoming
• proclaiming
• uncloaking
• spilling the beans (about)
• posting
• informing
• declaring
• acknowledging
• relating
• unearthing
• letting the cat out of the bag (about)
• promulgating
• confessing
• publicizing
• debunking
• advertising
• betraying
• imparting
• owning
• communicating
• talking
• admitting
• broadcasting
• bringing out
• showing up
• blazing
• blabbing
• unclothing
• undraping
• disinterring
• sounding
• giving away
• conceding
• placarding
• squealing
• avowing
• smoking out
• raking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• concealing
• covering (up)
• masking
• disguising
• enshrouding
• shrouding
• cloaking
• veiling
• camouflaging
• varnishing
• whitewashing
• obscuring
• glossing (over)
• shading
• overshadowing
• eclipsing
• darkening
• gilding
• clouding
• beclouding
• overcasting
• befogging
• bedimming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of discovering

There’s something appealing about discovering that a place has been welcoming people for the same reason for more than a century. — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026

But younger Japanese are now discovering that energy from the Showa Era (1926-1989), the period of Emperor Showa’s reign, when Japanese pop culture was at a fertile peak. — Mark Schilling, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026

In a sense, the internet is telepathy, except that a digital signal plays the role of the brain waves that science has never succeeded in discovering. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2026

Maybelline welcomed attendees each day of the conference, encouraging guests to rock their existing looks while discovering new ways to enhance them with the brand’s versatile product lineup. — Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2026

And discovering DuckDuckGo's No-AI search option gives people another choice. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Using the Gemini North telescope, Caiazzo and colleagues zoomed in on Pa 30, discovering knots along the strands of gas radiating out from the site of the cosmic explosion, like pearls on a string. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Amazon in May shut down an internal leaderboard after discovering employees were tokenmaxxing to climb the ranks. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Instead of discovering and browsing websites themselves, customers could delegate those tasks to Muse. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026