Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Eureka

//jʊˈɹiː.kə// intj, name, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.

    "Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. 2
    A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  3. 3
    A small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
  4. 4
    A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. 5
    A small research base in Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
Show 26 more definitions
  1. 6
    A settlement in Waikato district, Waikato region, New Zealand.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Humboldt County, in northern California.

    "Before dawn this morning, five of us drove into Eureka."

  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Nevada County, California.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A mining ghost town in San Juan County, Colorado.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Woodford County, Illinois.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, also known as Geiberson.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, Kansas.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cinque Hommes Township, Perry County, Missouri.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Lincoln County, Montana.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated town and census-designated place, the county seat of Eureka County, Nevada.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Wayne County, North Carolina.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warrington Township, Bucks County and Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in McPherson County, South Dakota.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Crockett County, Texas.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Franklin County, Texas.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Navarro County, Texas.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Juab County, Utah.
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Walla Walla County, Washington.
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia.
  23. 28
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
  24. 29
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Rushford, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
  25. 30
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eureka Township.
  26. 31
    A given name, like for the protagonists of Eureka's Castle or Eureka Seven.
Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”). uncountable
  2. 2
    an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.

See also for "eureka"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: eureka