identifiable

adjective

iden·​ti·​fi·​able ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 

ə-

: capable of being identified

Cardenal … was easily identifiable in his signature black beret and loose white peasant shirts.

—Associated Press

While there's no single identifiable cause of high blood pressure, secondary hypertension is often sparked by conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea, kidney problems, thyroid problems or consumption of cocaine or methamphetamine.

—Fiza Pirani

identifiably

ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-blē 

ə-

adverb

an identifiably British accent

Each species of spider builds a web that is identifiably unique …

—Michael H. Robinson

Examples of identifiable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The maker of ChatGPT accounted for roughly $9 out of every $10 spent on identifiable AI tools by House offices, committees and institutional accounts during the year ending March 31, according to a CNBC analysis of House disbursement records. — Luke Fountain,emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

While chronic spontaneous urticaria usually has no identifiable cause, people can have triggers. — Kristen Willard, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2026

The Steelmark symbol used by the American Iron and Steel Institute with the trio of hypocycloids is uniquely identifiable to both the city and team – the Steelers the only one to place their logo on just one side of the helmet. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

And the fact that mechanism is identifiable to people doesn’t invalidate it. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for identifiable

• leviable
• reliable
• classifiable
• justifiable
• modifiable
• notifiable
• satisfiable
• specifiable
• undeniable
• unreliable
• verifiable
• emulsifiable