FINDING OUT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

finding out

verb

present participle of find out

as in realizing

to come to an awareness of that was around the time that I found out I was adopted

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as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online

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Recent Examples of finding out What was the difference between knowing abstractly and finding out that your grandfather's grandfather was enslaved? — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 Social media reactions to the announcement suggest that some users are only now finding out that their data was being used for AI training. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 After finding out the fire suppression systems didn't work, Mayor Tom Maglicco and his police chief went to the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office for help. — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Rogan suggested that his guest should hurry up with Iran-war negotiations and get on with the real business of the government, such as finding out whether the government is secretly hoarding extraterrestrial corpses. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Jennifer said finding out Kennus could give her a kidney was an incredible moment for the couple. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 With the news that Assad had fled the country came the hope of finding out their fates. — Sally Hayden, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026 What was your reaction to finding out that your character was going to die like that? — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 But parenthood offers you this opportunity to burn your entire life down in sacrifice to finding out what’s real. — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for finding out

Verb

At issue are 50-year-old legal documents that expired without most condo owners realizing it.

— Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Sometimes those hectic summer days carpooling to camp and realizing your kids snacked through your entire Costco run in 48 hours are about survival—not making memories to last a lifetime.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of realizing

Verb

The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Officers reported allegedly finding live ammunition hidden in a sock in her dresser, a digital scale, more than 100 plastic baggies, text messages appearing to show drug sales, and $4,121 in cash.

— Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of finding

Verb

That coordination gives everyone time to confirm eligibility on the new stock, model the holding-period math and put the election deadline on the calendar rather than discovering it after the fact.

— Sharon Olson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The greater risk is losing access to one difficult-to-replace material and discovering that an entire factory, grid project or defense program cannot proceed without it.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovering

Verb

Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of learning

Verb

Toyota, Honda and Nissan benefited in their most recent quarterly reports from a historically weak currency, with the first two upgrading their full-year forecasts and the latter seeing its first profit in about two years.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of seeing

Verb

The next day, the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page asking for help locating Nikki.

— Francie Ebert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation initially contacted Roswell police and asked for assistance locating and apprehending Spruill.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of locating

Verb

Only 7% cover accommodations for mobility limitation, hearing disability, vision impairment and sensory disabilities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The district court judge hearing the case disagreed and ordered that the government had to continue funding legal services.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of hearing

Verb

Ron stops and stares ahead, dumbfounded, with a man’s shirt in his hand and blood running down his face.

— Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Fittingly, the style comes in three colorways including Zebra Soapstone, a tan take on the trendy animal print, and Gilded Umber, a rich, chocolate brown adorned with gold-tone grommets running down each outer seam.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026