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

That snare sound is as instantly identifiable as Miles Davis’s muted horn or Eddie Van Halen’s pyrotechnic neck tapping. —John Lingan, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025

There are stellar streams, like the Magellanic Stream and the Sagittarius Steam, that have an identifiable origin with a still-existing galaxy or globular cluster, with masses that range from 100 solar masses or so up to hundreds of millions of solar masses. —Big Think, 4 Nov. 2025

Despite being one of the most identifiable couples in Hollywood, Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse have kept things relatively low-key in the public eye. —Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025

Their eagerness to satisfy his trademark meticulousness has an identifiable influence on what would become the highly secretive Pluribus. —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025

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