DETECT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DETECT?

Need another word that means the same as “detect”? Find 43 synonyms and 30 related words for “detect” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Detect” are: discover, find, notice, observe, become aware of, perceive, note, discern, make out, spot, become conscious of, recognize, distinguish, mark, remark, identify, diagnose, uncover, find out, turn up, unearth, dig up, dredge up, root out, hunt out, nose out, ferret out, expose, reveal, bring to light, bring into the open, solve, clear up, get to the bottom of, find the perpetrator of, find the person behind, catch, hunt down, unmask, smoke out, track down, apprehend, arrest

Detect as a Verb

Definitions of "Detect" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “detect” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Discover or investigate (a crime or its perpetrators.
• Discern (something intangible or barely perceptible.
• Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
• Discover or identify the presence or existence of.

Synonyms of "Detect" as a verb (43 Words)

apprehend	Get the meaning of something. A warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended.
arrest	Attract the attention of (someone. Two youths aged 16 were arrested.
become aware of	Come into existence.
become conscious of	Undergo a change or development.
bring into the open	Go or come after and bring or take back.
bring to light	Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
catch	Succeed in catching or seizing especially after a chase. Did you catch that allusion.
clear up	Remove the occupants of.
diagnose	Identify the nature of the medical condition of. She was finally diagnosed as having epilepsy.
dig up	Thrust down or into.
discern	Detect with the senses. I can discern no difference between the two policies.
discover	Make a discovery make a new finding. Firemen discovered a body in the debris.
distinguish	Detect with the senses. What distinguishes sport from games.
dredge up	Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
expose	Expose or make accessible to some action or influence. Students were exposed to statistics in high school.
ferret out	Search and discover through persistent investigation.
find	Make a discovery make a new finding. These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation.
find out	Decide on and make a declaration about.
find the perpetrator of	Make a discovery, make a new finding.
find the person behind	Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
get to the bottom of	Go through (mental or physical states or experiences.
hunt down	Chase away, with as with force.
hunt out	Seek, search for.
identify	Give the name or identifying characteristics of refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. A system that ensures that the pupil's real needs are identified.
make out	Charge with a function; charge to be.
mark	Make small marks into the surface of. We have marked the area with red stones.
nose out	Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.
note	Make a written note of. He noted down her address on a piece of paper.
notice	Notice or perceive. He noticed the youths behaving suspiciously.
observe	Observe with care or pay close attention to. It s chilly she observed.
perceive	To become aware of through the senses. If Guy does not perceive himself as disabled nobody else should.
recognize	Show approval or appreciation of. They were refusing to recognize the puppet regime.
remark	Make or write a comment on. He remarked the man s inflamed eyelids.
reveal	Make (something) known to humans by divine or supernatural means. Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie s whereabouts.
root out	Dig with the snout.
smoke out	Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.
solve	Settle, as of a debt. Solve an old debt.
spot	Mark or become marked with spots. This dress spots quickly.
track down	Make tracks upon.
turn up	Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.
uncover	Remove all or part of one’s clothes to show one’s body. Uncover your belly.
unearth	Recover through digging. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President.
unmask	Reveal the true nature of. Unmask the imposter.

Usage Examples of "Detect" as a verb

• Paul detected a faint note of weariness in his father's voice.
• Cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages.
• She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water.
• The public can help the police to detect crime.

Associations of "Detect" (30 Words)

ascertain	Learn or discover with certainty. Management should ascertain whether adequate funding can be provided.
breakthrough	A productive insight. His big breakthrough came in 1988 when he had two paintings accepted by the RSA.
detection	The detection that a signal is being received. Early detection can often lead to a cure.
discern	Recognize or find out. I can discern no difference between the two policies.
discover	Make a discovery make a new finding. Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.
discovered	Discovered or determined by scientific observation. The discovered behavior norms.
discovery	(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case. The discovery of the body.
earthquake	A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action. Selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees.
eon	The longest division of geological time. Oh that happened eons ago.
espy	Catch sight of. She espied her daughter rounding the corner.
eureka	A town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
exploration	A careful systematic search. Onshore oil and gas exploration.
explore	Examine or evaluate (an option or possibility. Explore unknown territory in biology.
find	Come upon after searching find the location of something that was missed or lost. I cannot find my gloves.
finding	The action of finding someone or something. The findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner.
geologic	Of or relating to or based on geology. Geological formations.
hotspot	An area of volcanic activity. While some were caught in the cross fire at various political hotspots most victims were targeted and killed.
invention	The creation of something in the mind. The invention of printing in the 15th century.
malfunction	A failure to function normally. They were sent back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction.
mapping	A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function.
newfound	Newly discovered. Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea.
notice	Notice or perceive. It was only last year that the singer really began to be noticed.
perceive	Interpret or regard (someone or something) in a particular way. She finally perceived the futility of her protest.
perception	The neurophysiological processes, including memory, by which an organism becomes aware of and interprets external stimuli. The perception of pain.
rummage	(of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel. Our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible.
see	See or watch. You ll see a lot of cheating in this school.
seismograph	An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
startling	So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm. Startling news.
tsunami	A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption. A colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes.
volcanic	Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes. A volcanic temper.