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

But the company says that information is stripped of personally identifiable details. —Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

Apple Maps got me as far as the hospital, a single-story brick building identifiable by the Art Deco letters over the main entrance, then left me to fend for myself in my search for the local museum. —Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026

Federal privacy laws require such documents before a federal agency collects or disseminates personal, identifiable information about the public for a new purpose. —Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026

That desire for identification doesn’t appear to extend to being fully identifiable by face. —Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for identifiable

• classifiable
• justifiable
• modifiable
• notifiable
• satisfiable
• specifiable
• undeniable
• unreliable
• verifiable
• emulsifiable
• unclassifiable
• unjustifiable