Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discoverer

2 senses of discoverer

Sense 1
inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
       => creator -- (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Sense 2
finder, discoverer, spotter -- (someone who is the first to observe something)
       => perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder -- (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)