All detect synonyms

verb detect

• disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
• reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• unmask — to strip a mask or disguise from.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• descry — to discern or make out; catch sight of
• ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• scent — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
• sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
• perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
• 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.
• recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• turn up — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• hit on — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• meet with — to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
• nose out — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
• smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
• track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.