FOUND OUT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

found out

verb

past tense of find out

as in realized

to come to an awareness of that was around the time that I found out I was adopted

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as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online

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Recent Examples of found out Iraq found out this year just how exposed that position leaves it. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Now the area was ablaze; Aragüés found out not long ago that, sadly, the memorial had burned. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026 Katrina Shadix, a 58-year-old anti-bear-hunt activist in the Orlando area, found out through a public-records request that the FWC accessed her DAVID information 17 times between 2023 and 2025. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 Balogun found out about the decision in a team meeting Sunday, a source familiar with the situation said. — Monica Alba, NBC news, 5 July 2026 Preston found out on her own that having the APOE4 gene is serious. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 After the investigation was complete, authorities found out the couple had retained cremation or disposal services for a total of 11 dogs across four different businesses. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 How does Ken think customers found out about the changes that Cracker Barrel was about to ram through? — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Karen first found out about hearing loss when Klugo’s older sister failed a routine newborn auditory test. — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for found out

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Tom saw a shark rising below his father, before John realized what had happened.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
In time, the duo realized the same was true across the whole of the MEP engineering domain, which is full of time-consuming processes that are currently carried out manually, often using multiple different software products.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of realized

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So far this dry summer there have not discovered any major issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As a result, our focus will be on forward guidance, end market commentary, and any new opportunities the team may have discovered since separation to enhance efficiencies.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Soldiers in the Guard’s Counterdrug Program and members of the 10th Civil Support Team learned to use the system, built by Anduril, to spot and target drones.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The federal government told ICE agents to preserve it in November and learned it had been lost in February.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of learned

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Statum has heard horror-stories about predators lurking on Instagram or Snapchat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard publicly since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike when the war began.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of heard

Verb

Deputies detained the suspect, later identified as Taele, and located his vehicle in the golf club's parking lot, the sheriff's department said.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Robert de Molesme founded the Cistercian order at an abbey some 20 miles away from Meursault, the small village where the new hotel is located, in 1098.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026

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