Antonym for the word find

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1. findnoun

   Antonyms:
   lose

2. findnoun

   To encounter, to discover something searched for.

   Antonyms:
   lose

3. findverb

   To point out.

   He kept finding faults with my work.

   Antonyms:
   lose

4. findverb

   I find your argument unsatisfactory.

   Antonyms:
   lose

5. findnoun

   The jury finds for the defendant.

   Antonyms:
   lose

6. findnoun

   Synonyms:
   catch, discovery

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1. find

   Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger’s purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

   See synonyms for HIDE.

   Synonyms:
   ascertain, descry, detect, discern, disclose, discover, expose, ferret out, find out, invent

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. find

   Antonyms:
   miss, elude, overlook, lose, withhold, withdraw, misconstrue

   Synonyms:
   meet, confront, ascertain, experience, perceive, discover, furnish, invent

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Conceive
   • Conclude
   • Get
   • Learn
   • Mature
   • Perceive
   • Pronounce
   • Reach
   • Sight

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. discovery, breakthrough, findnoun

   a productive insight

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   uncovering, breakthrough, discovery

2. discovery, find, uncoveringverb

   the act of discovering something

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   discovery, uncovering, husking, denudation, breakthrough, baring, stripping

3. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   «We find this idea in Plato»; «I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here»; «She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, kick downstairs, find oneself, befall, take chances, get, get hold, run across, gamble, demote, fall out, pass off, retrieve, hazard, knock, rule, notice, meet, chance, determine, see, find out, come about, come up, play, take a chance, encounter, materialize, happen, go on, receive, feel, occur, risk, pass, incur, take place, come across, bechance, observe, run into, adventure, witness, dislodge, run a risk, ascertain, relegate, bump, take on, hap, break, regain, obtain, materialise, discover

4. detect, observe, find, discover, noticeverb

   discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

   «She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water»; «We found traces of lead in the paint»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, chance upon, follow, strike, let out, find oneself, get wind, get, get hold, reveal, keep an eye on, attain, let on, acknowledge, retrieve, get word, fall upon, rule, notice, disclose, divulge, chance, abide by, determine, see, find out, keep, key, come up, remark, bring out, celebrate, watch over, comment, take note, honor, identify, name, encounter, learn, come upon, happen, watch, receive, happen upon, feel, describe, point out, chance on, incur, come across, expose, observe, get a line, distinguish, witness, honour, mention, pick up, give away, ascertain, mark, maintain, unwrap, break, respect, bump, light upon, regain, obtain, discover, key out, note, hear

5. find, regainverb

   come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

   «Did you find your glasses?»; «I cannot find my gloves!»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, obtain, incur, come up, see

6. determine, find, find out, ascertainverb

   establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

   «find the product of two numbers»; «The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   influence, detect, recover, settle, ensure, square up, find oneself, hear, shape, get, get hold, fix, retrieve, get word, square off, rule, notice, regulate, determine, see, find out, get wind, come up, define, specify, line up, assure, control, encounter, happen, watch, receive, feel, incur, mold, observe, get a line, see to it, make up one’s mind, witness, decide, catch out, pick up, ascertain, obtain, bump, limit, set, learn, regain, chance, discover, insure, check

7. find, feelverb

   come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

   «I feel that he doesn’t like me»; «I find him to be obnoxious»; «I found the movie rather entertaining»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   experience, encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, finger, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, palpate, obtain, incur, come up, see, sense

8. witness, find, seeverb

   perceive or be contemporaneous with

   «We found Republicans winning the offices»; «You’ll see a lot of cheating in this school»; «The 1960’s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions»; «I want to see results»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, take in, figure, date, go out, find oneself, look, get, examine, get hold, run across, see to it, view, go steady, retrieve, get word, control, construe, rule, notice, meet, check, chance, determine, see, find out, reckon, project, come up, visualize, realise, fancy, encounter, escort, assure, envision, happen, watch, receive, visit, feel, run into, regard, incur, take care, come across, observe, get a line, go through, image, picture, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, experience, ascertain, catch, bump, visualise, consider, interpret, learn, realize, regain, obtain, discover, insure, hear

9. line up, get hold, come up, findverb

   get something or somebody for a specific purpose

   «I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener»; «I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing»; «The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter»

   Antonyms:
   lose

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, queue up, rise, dress, notice, get, get hold, muster, scratch, uprise, retrieve, feel, come on, rule, go up, surface, rally, lift, chance, encounter, arise, see, find out, come up, scrape up, scrape, bob up, adjust, determine, find oneself, ascend, happen, go on, muster up, summon, incur, observe, align, move up, witness, receive, aline, ascertain, come, bump, queue, rise up, regain, obtain, discover

10. discover, findverb

    make a discovery, make a new finding

    «Roentgen discovered X-rays»; «Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, distinguish, chance upon, find oneself, get, bring out, get hold, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, describe, get word, retrieve, fall upon, rule, strike, come up, chance, determine, see, find out, key, expose, give away, regain, break, encounter, learn, happen, receive, happen upon, feel, divulge, identify, incur, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, witness, name, pick up, recover, ascertain, obtain, bump, unwrap, hear, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, discover, let out

11. discover, findverb

    make a discovery

    «She found that he had lied to her»; «The story is false, so far as I can discover»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, distinguish, chance upon, find oneself, get, bring out, get hold, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, describe, get word, retrieve, fall upon, rule, strike, come up, chance, determine, see, find out, key, expose, give away, regain, break, encounter, learn, happen, receive, happen upon, feel, divulge, identify, incur, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, witness, name, pick up, recover, ascertain, obtain, bump, unwrap, hear, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, discover, let out

12. findverb

    obtain through effort or management

    «She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents»; «We found the money to send our sons to college»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, obtain, incur, come up, see

13. rule, findverb

    decide on and make a declaration about

    «find someone guilty»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, recover, find oneself, get, get hold, predominate, rein, dominate, retrieve, rule, notice, chance, reign, determine, see, find out, govern, come up, decree, encounter, happen, receive, feel, harness, incur, observe, witness, ascertain, bump, prevail, regain, obtain, discover

14. receive, get, find, obtain, incurverb

    receive a specified treatment (abstract)

    «These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation»; «His movie received a good review»; «I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    pick up, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, find oneself, become, sustain, receive, retrieve, scram, prevail, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, hold, go, rule, fix, stick, pay back, regain, happen, suffer, feel, beat, set about, get down, get under one’s skin, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, start, welcome, arrest, meet, witness, bring, bewilder, see, mother, chance, take, buzz off, catch, let, come up, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, invite, ascertain, get, generate, capture, baffle, produce, get hold, start out, pose, vex, aim, induce, find out, perplex, recover, bump, notice, gravel, begin, fetch, father, determine, commence, discover, encounter, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, line up, pay off, detect, bugger off, cause, take in, observe, nonplus

15. findverb

    perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

    «I found myself in a difficult situation»; «When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, obtain, incur, come up, see

16. recover, retrieve, find, regainverb

    get or find back; recover the use of

    «She regained control of herself»; «She found her voice and replied quickly»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, go back, find oneself, recoup, get, get hold, recollect, recuperate, reclaim, rule, notice, convalesce, call up, chance, determine, see, find out, come up, think, encounter, happen, retrieve, feel, incur, observe, recall, witness, call back, recover, ascertain, bump, remember, regain, obtain, discover, receive

17. findverb

    succeed in reaching; arrive at

    «The arrow found its mark»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, obtain, incur, come up, see

18. find oneself, findverb

    accept and make use of one’s personality, abilities, and situation

    «My son went to Berkeley to find himself»

    Antonyms:
    lose

    Synonyms:
    encounter, happen, notice, ascertain, witness, bump, retrieve, recover, detect, get hold, feel, observe, find oneself, receive, determine, chance, rule, line up, get, regain, find out, discover, incur, obtain, come up, see

How to use find in a sentence?

1. Mike Espy:

   It’s official. I’m running to be Mississippi’s next U.S. Senator. Too many people here can’t find a decent job, rural hospitals are closing, and the price for education is just too high.

2. Ankit:

   Take the online help of experts and find some more hands for drafting the documents.

3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility.

4. Sergei Dankvert:

   In our shops now you can find cheese from Uruguay and Paraguay, dairy products from Chile, and a range of African countries, notably Tunisia and Morocco, have increased their deliveries of oysters.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   Neither of them gives a whip stitch about human life, and both have grand intentions for the building of greatness for their own nation, they have things they disagree on, but for the moment, they are going to find common cause.

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