discovered synonyms

discovered

modif.

found, searched out, happened upon, invented, originated, unearthed, ascertained, descried, unlocked, espied, detected, disinterred, revealed, disclosed, unveiled, observed, sighted, shown, exposed, traced, elicited, made out, met with, stumbled upon, brought to light, recognized, identified, empirical, laid bare, opened, presented, spotted, perceived, learned, explored, well-known; see also famous, observed 1, real 2.

Antonyms hidden*, unfound, lost.

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