IDENTIFIES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

identifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of identify

as in distinguishes

to find out or establish the identity of sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator

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as in associates

to think of (something) in combination for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers

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Recent Examples of identifies According to the suit, ACLU-CT requested all docket numbers and case captions — a line at the top of a court document that identifies basic information like the names of the parties involved — for May 2026 through July 2026. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026 Two out of three fitting rooms will also have a small screen that identifies the garments and can be used to request an associate for other available sizes or other relevant items. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 The investigation identifies nine incidents, including one fatality and one injury. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 Most ominously, the Air Line Pilots Association, International warned that if Google’s AI system re-identifies pilots in the data set, airways could become more dangerous. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026 If the engineer identifies upgrades needed to meet minimum protection levels, like raising the levee height, the levee sponsors must find funding to make those upgrades. — Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 InSight Crime also identifies the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Guanajuato as areas where drone operations have increased. — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 The analysis identifies pieces of Earth’s crust deep beneath Asia, Europe and North America that were once part of the supercontinent. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026 Hurts starts by looking at small details, identifies patterns and then forms general theories that drive his questions. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for identifies

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Also a highlight of the four-day fair is the Silmo d’Or competition, which distinguishes 10 companies every year.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
But is a more illuminating idea missing from his account of American sophistication, one that perhaps most neatly distinguishes it from older European kinds?

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of distinguishes

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What being Southern meant to his father—and the values Duane associates with being a Southern gentleman.

— Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of associates

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The reduction correlates to the elimination of FDA support staff roles, or personnel who booked travel and carried out food testing for contamination, creating an administrative slowdown to efficiently carry out key safety and inspection protocol.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
According to the company, SignalTrace detects and correlates electronic signals that devices publicly broadcast.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of correlates

Verb

Being unmarked and arriving with momentum, Odegaard finds himself in a one-v-one with the goalkeeper again caught on his line.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of finds

Verb

There are a couple of moments in the film where Zumthor connects his work with his personal experience of wanting to create homes, a secure space to compensate for not feeling safe as a child.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
The platform connects homebuyers with lenders offering various loans, including conventional, FHA and VA loans.

— Dan Simms, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of connects

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If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of locates

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Summary Common perception equates effective leadership with charisma, often ignoring competent but uncharismatic individuals.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026