Synonyms for locate

Synonyms for (verb) locate

Synonyms: turn up, locate

Definition: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

Usage: Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?; My search turned up nothing

Similar words: regain, find

Definition: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Usage: Did you find your glasses?; I cannot find my gloves!


Synonyms: locate, place, site

Definition: assign a location to

Usage: The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles

Similar words: station, send, place, post

Definition: assign to a station


Synonyms: locate, situate

Definition: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Usage: Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space; Locate the boundaries of the property

Similar words: ascertain, find, find out, determine

Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Usage: find the product of two numbers; The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize


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