Antonyms for discoverable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-skuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər


Definition of discoverable

Origin :
  • c.1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from Old French descovrir "uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering.
  • As in observable : adj apparent
  • As in visible : adj apparent, seeable
  • As in determinable : adj definable
  • As in calculable : adj able to be computed or estimated
  • As in seeable : adj visible
  • As in viewable : adj visible
  • As in discernible : adj recognizable; distinct
Example sentences :
  • At the end of a month, no trace of the tumour was discoverable.
  • Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various
  • No window was discoverable, and not even an opening for ventilation purposes.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • These effects readily are discoverable in the larghetto of the Potocka concerto.
  • Extract from : « The Pianolist » by Gustav Kobb
  • Judge if, with such diagnosis, any Morrison's Pill is like to be discoverable!
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Not a drop of water was discoverable, where a bird might slake its thirst.
  • Extract from : « The Bird Study Book » by Thomas Gilbert Pearson
  • And the reason of their smallness of number is discoverable at once.
  • Extract from : « The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels » by John Burgon
  • Heredity might have some discoverable part in the apparent marvel.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
  • This feature is the antagonism which is discoverable in these classes.
  • Extract from : « Folklore as an Historical Science » by George Laurence Gomme
  • Only by refined apparatus could any change be discoverable in all those centuries.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
  • The other paragraph has no meaning and no discoverable intention.
  • Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for discoverable

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