Synonyms of unearthing

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noun

as in discovery

the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time

the unearthing of a prehistoric man who had been preserved in an Alpine glacier proved to be a great boon to science

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discovery
• finding
• detection
• exploration
• spotting
• awareness
• uncovering
• revelation
• disclosure
• creation
• invention
• unveiling
• exposure
• rediscovery
• espial
• notice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loss
• disappearance
• hiding
• concealment

• loss
• disappearance
• hiding
• concealment

unearthing

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verb

present participle of unearth

as in exhuming

to remove from place of burial

unearthed a hoard of treasures from the Egyptian tomb

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exhuming
• disinterring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burying
• interring
• entombing
• inhuming
• tombing

• burying
• interring
• entombing
• inhuming
• tombing