discoverer
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈskʌv.ər.ər/us/dɪˈskʌv.ɚ.ɚ/someone whodiscoverssomething:
They were the discoverersofthestructureofDNA.
Thisscientificlawisnamedafteritsoriginaldiscoverer.
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discover
- Thechemicalwonitsdiscoverer aNobelPrize.
- Inventors and discoverers sometimesfailtoseethepossibilitiesintheirownfindings.
- The drug's discoverer has been givenpermissiontotreat30terminallyillpatients.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover