nameable
adjective
name·able
ˈnā-mə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly namable
2
: capable of being named : identifiable
Examples of nameable in a Sentence
not one nameable accomplishment in all of her years in the senate
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Again, the theatrical elements — especially the text — come together as pieces that sit side by side to become a greater whole that is less nameable than felt.
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Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
In distributing blame so widely yet specifically, Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggested that nameable individuals had made identifiable mistakes, ceding vision in the name of short-term goals.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2021
Raphael’s portrait of Baldassare Castiglione exists at one specific point on the planet, and nowhere else, having begun in one nameable place and followed a track through time, owner by owner and wall to wall.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020
Thirteen nanometers is far, far, far beneath nameable perception.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
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Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
In distributing blame so widely yet specifically, Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggested that nameable individuals had made identifiable mistakes, ceding vision in the name of short-term goals.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2021
Raphael’s portrait of Baldassare Castiglione exists at one specific point on the planet, and nowhere else, having begun in one nameable place and followed a track through time, owner by owner and wall to wall.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020
Thirteen nanometers is far, far, far beneath nameable perception.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
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“Nameable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameable. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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