Synonyms for find

a productive insight (noun)

• discovery
• breakthrough

the act of discovering something (noun)

• uncovering

come upon, as if by accident (verb)

• happen
• chance
• bump
• encounter

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of (verb)

• detect
• observe
• discover
• notice

come upon after searching (verb)

• regain

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (verb)

• determine
• ascertain

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

• feel

perceive or be contemporaneous with (verb)

• witness
• see

get something or somebody for a specific purpose (verb)

decide on and make a declaration about (verb)

• rule

receive a specified treatment (abstract) (verb)

• receive
• get
• obtain
• incur

get or find back (verb)

• recover
• retrieve

accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation (verb)