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

According to the indictment, Weiss is accused of accessing databases managed by Keffer Development Services, a third-party vendor, and downloading personally identifiable information and medical data belonging to more than 150,000 athletes. —Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025

The first meeting hastily took place over Google Meet — an unsecure choice, especially after DOGE requested personally identifiable information. —Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

Last month, District Court Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander issued a temporary restraining order preventing SSA officials from giving DOGE officials access to SSA systems that contain personally identifiable information. —Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025

Gracias is also not supposed to see or share personally identifiable information, or PII, within agency data, according to earlier court filings. —Stephen Fowler, NPR, 11 Apr. 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