All descry synonyms
de·scry
D d verb descry
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- detect — To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- behold — If you behold someone or something, you see them.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.