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Discoverer

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Beholder 76% connected

One who beholds; a spectator.

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Observer 76% connected

One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomic…

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Perceiver 76% connected

One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).

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Percipient 76% connected

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

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Patentee 76% connected

One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.

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Bump 74% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Bump 74% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Witness 74% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Witness 74% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Artificer 92% connected

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

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Finder 92% connected

One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inventor 92% connected

One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

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Spotter 92% connected

One who spots.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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