discoverer
/dɪˈskʌv(ə)rə
/noun
1The first person to find or explore a place.Some of the first pulsar planet discoveries were later retracted by their discoverers....
- The first discoverers of the Solomon Islands were the island peoples themselves.
- The discoverers of Mt Morgan, Qld, in 1882 were gamblers who searched where others passed by.
Synonyms
explorer, pioneer
originator, inventor, creator, deviser, designer;
pioneer, introducer
1.1The first person to find or observe a substance or scientific phenomenon: many chemical processes are named after their original discoverers...
- In particular, she wants Matthew to be the discoverer of a form of infinite free energy.
- He, in fact, was the discoverer of the world's longest worm.
- In Germany around 1952, Otto Hahn, the discoverer of fission, was asked by reporters about the feasibility of fusion.
