identify with

verb

identified with; identifying with; identifies with

1

: to think of (something) as being the same as (something else)

It is a mistake to identify being healthy with being thin.

2

: to think of (someone) as being very closely associated with (something)

She has always been identified with the civil rights movement.

These groups are identified with conservation.

3

: to think of oneself as having the same problems and feelings as someone

Many readers identify with the characters in her novels.

Examples of identify with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The reader identifies with each friend in turn, then hurries to find out if the other friend understood, disagreed, helped, explained. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

El-Sayed’s backers argue that, in 2026, being an establishment figure identified with Washington brings its own electability challenges. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Official liberalism had long been almost inextricably identified with a picture of man as perfectible, as endowed with sufficient wisdom and selflessness to endure power and to use it infallibly for the general good. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

The fact that 45% of Americans refuse to identify with a political party is a strong sign that these approaches will find fertile ground. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2026