discovery
Something newly found
Discovery is the act of finding or learning something for the first time: the discovery of penicillin, a voyage of discovery.
It extends to the thing found: The cave paintings were an astonishing discovery.
In law, discovery is the pretrial process where opposing parties exchange relevant information and evidence: The emails emerged during discovery.
A discovery can also be a person whose talent is newly recognized: The young actress was the director's discovery.
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- questSeeking journey for something
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
explorer · uncharted · territory · pioneer · navigate · journey · frontier · safari
Human-made historical object
- clueSolving aid
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- unearthExcavate or reveal hidden
- excavateRemove earth systematically
locate · reveal · detection · fossil · relic · specimen · trace · remnant
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- verificationProving something accurate
measurement · research · laboratory · breakthrough · eureka · methodology · empirical · theory
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
revelation · clarity · comprehension · awakening · eye-opener · cognition · perception · illumination
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- innovationCreating something original
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- inventorCreator of original devices
- technologyApplied scientific methods
gadget · device · breakthrough · creativity · design · engineer · mechanism · brainstorming
Make something visible
- exposeMake known publicly
- leakEscape through a breach
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
whistleblower · confession · transparency · divulgence · uncovering · scandal · secret · investigation
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
adventure · explorer · uncharted · territory · pioneer · navigate · journey · frontier · safari · trek
artifact
Human-made historical object
excavate · locate · reveal · detection · fossil · relic · specimen · trace · remnant · vestige
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- analysisMethodical study of parts
verification · measurement · research · laboratory · breakthrough · eureka · methodology · empirical · theory · proof
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
enlightenment · revelation · clarity · comprehension · awakening · eye-opener · cognition · perception · illumination · learning
patent
Obvious; inventor's monopoly
- innovationCreating something original
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- inventorCreator of original devices
technology · gadget · device · breakthrough · creativity · design · engineer · mechanism · brainstorming · conceptualize
reveal
Make something visible
- exposeMake known publicly
- leakEscape through a breach
- announcementPublic declaration of information
unmasking · whistleblower · confession · transparency · divulgence · uncovering · scandal · secret · investigation · journalism
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- Arts & Sciencescreativity, music, painting, sculpture, literature
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- child curiositywonder, questions, why questions, exploration, imagination
discoveryloss
Being without something
miss · oversight · losing · missing · overlooking
discoveryconcealment
Act of hiding something
hiding · cover-up · suppression · secrecy · obfuscation
discoveryinvention
New device or method
creation · innovation · fabrication · design · construction
- gold discoveryFinding valuable yellow metal
- scientific discoveryNew knowledge from research
- self discoveryLearning one's own character
- fossil discoveryLocating preserved ancient organisms
- Discovery ChannelCable network featuring documentaries
- discovery of fireLearning to control flames
discovered, discovering, discovers, discoverer, discover, undiscovered, discoveries, rediscover, rediscovered