Synonyms of identified

identified 1 of 2

adjective

as in detected

Related Words

• detected
• discovered
• crowded
• busy
• bustling
• traveled
• swarming
• teeming
• thronging
• trod

Dissimilar Words

• undiscovered
• unexplored
• untrodden
• pristine
• virgin
• trackless
• unspoiled
• pathless
• untraversed
• untraveled

identified

2 of 2

verb

past tense of identify

1

as in found

to find out or establish the identity of

sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• found
• located
• pinpointed
• distinguished
• fingered
• diagnosed
• recognized
• determined
• investigated
• singled (out)
• examined
• checked
• put one's finger on
• discovered
• disclosed
• revealed
• spotted
• inspected
• noticed
• scrutinized
• ID'd
• picked out
• observed
• placed
• betrayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concealed
• disguised
• hid
• camouflaged
• simulated
• feigned
• counterfeited
• shammed

2

as in associated

to think of (something) in combination

for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associated
• linked
• correlated
• connected
• related
• compared
• equated
• grouped
• likened
• tied (together)
• joined
• lumped (together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distinguished
• separated
• differentiated
• contrasted
• set off
• discriminated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of identified

Adjective

While Kirk may have received hostile or threatening messages, including on social media, those were not part of any identified or actionable threat stream monitored by federal authorities, the person told Sganga. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

Keep sensitive mental health data de-identified, limit access by role and do audits. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026

Verb

Prosecutor Danielle Clarke told Judge Linda Black that the alleged victim, who cannot be identified, was willing to testify again at a retrial. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

More research is needed to determine how much of the rise reflects changes in the health of pregnant individuals versus changes in how these conditions are identified and recorded. — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

The car the stabber got away in has been identified and Kenny says cops are developing a case against a suspect, who somebody on scene gave them a photo of. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has not formally identified the victims, but a GoFundMe set up on behalf of the family identified them as a mom named Vanessa and her daughters, Kylie and Kloie. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Family members have identified the boy killed by a falling tree branch at a summer camp in Wayland, Massachusetts, as 8-year-old Mason Sundberg of Sudbury. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The victim has been identified as 34-year-old John Christian, police said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

The Puerto Rican boxer had brain surgery but never fully recovered from his injuries, identified as a large subdural hematoma, and was in a persistent vegetative state. — Matt Moret, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Now, in a new Cell study, a team of researchers have identified two major populations of cardiac neurons—one that maintains cardiac function under normal conditions and another that maintains it under periods of stress. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026