Need another word that means the same as “unearth”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “unearth” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unearth” are: excavate, dig up, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, disentomb, unbury, discover, uncover, find, come across, hit on, strike on, encounter, track down, bring to light, reveal, expose, elicit, turn up, dredge up, ferret out, hunt out, fish out, nose out, sniff out, smell out, take the wraps off
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unearth” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bring to light | Advance or set forth in court. |
| bring to the surface | Bring into a different state. |
| come across | Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. |
| dig up | Remove, harvest, or recover by digging. |
| discover | Discover or determine the existence presence or fact of. With what agility did these military men discover their skill in feats of war. |
| disentomb | Remove (something) from a tomb. A mummy which we saw disentombed. |
| disinter | Discover (something that is well hidden. He has disinterred an important collection of writings. |
| dredge up | Cover before cooking. |
| elicit | Evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. A corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us. |
| encounter | Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. What do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives. |
| excavate | Extract (material) from the ground by digging. A large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel. |
| exhume | Expose (a land surface) that was formerly buried. The bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge. |
| expose | Expose to light of photographic film. The man exposed himself in the subway. |
| ferret out | Hunt with ferrets. |
| find | Come upon after searching find the location of something that was missed or lost. Find someone guilty. |
| fish out | Seek indirectly. |
| hit on | Gain points in a game. |
| hunt out | Chase away, with as with force. |
| mine | Lay mines. Mine ores and metals. |
| nose out | Defeat by a narrow margin. |
| pull out | Bring take or pull out of a container or from under a cover. |
| quarry | Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. Quarry marble. |
| reveal | Make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others. God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind. |
| root out | Come into existence, originate. |
| scoop out | Get the better of. |
| smell out | Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. |
| sniff out | Perceive by inhaling through the nose. |
| strike on | Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp. |
| take the wraps off | Proceed along in a vehicle. |
| track down | Observe or plot the moving path of something. |
| turn up | Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel. |
| unbury | Remove (someone or something) from under the ground or from under a deep covering. He was able to help many of his patients unbury hidden emotions. |
| uncover | Remove all or part of one’s clothes to show one’s body. Uncover your belly. |
| abyss | A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm. The abyss between the two nations. |
| archaeologist | An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture. Chinese archaeologists uncovered life sized terracotta statues. |
| artifact | A man-made object taken as a whole. |
| burrow | Dig into or through something solid. Worms that burrow through dead wood. |
| cavity | A natural hollow or sinus within the body. The abdominal cavity. |
| concave | Curving inward. Concave lenses. |
| delve | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. She delved in her pocket. |
| dig | An act or spell of digging. Dig salt. |
| dint | Force of attack; impact. I perceive you feel the dint of pity. |
| disinter | Discover (something that is well hidden. He has disinterred an important collection of writings. |
| dug | An udder or breast or teat. |
| excavate | Recover through digging. Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University s rowing team. |
| excavation | The act of digging. Inside the excavation were the bones of some huge creature. |
| exhume | Expose (a land surface) that was formerly buried. The bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge. |
| hibernate | Sleep during winter. Some species hibernate in tree roosts. |
| hole | Hit the ball into the hole. She had wasted a whole lifetime in this hole of a town. |
| inferno | Any place of pain and turmoil. The inferno had swept through the city. |
| inhume | Place in a grave or tomb. No hand his bones shall gather or inhume. |
| mine | Lay mines. Mine ores and metals. |
| peephole | A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep. She peered through the security peephole in the solid oak door. |
| perdition | The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment- John Milton. Hurl d headlong To bottomless perdition there to dwell. |
| pit | An orchestra pit. The pit lane. |
| plow | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil. The ship plowed through the water. |
| quarry | Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. A limestone quarry. |
| scoop | The quantity a scoop will hold. She has a tendency to scoop up to the initial notes of phrases. |
| shovel | The quantity a shovel can hold. She shovelled coal on the fire. |
| tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. The house was as quiet as a tomb. |
| underground | A member of an underground political group or movement. Czech underground literature. |
| warren | A densely populated or labyrinthine building or district. A warren of narrow gas lit streets. |
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