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 Hall’s report, also released by the state police on Friday, identifies the Jonesboro couple, who state police said last week were seriously injured and taken to a Memphis hospital. — Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026 Montway identifies March and April as a return-planning period, followed by the main northbound season in May and June. — Nia Bowers, Ascend Agency, 13 Aug. 2026 School buses will also not operate in areas under evacuation orders or warnings, which the district identifies as red and yellow zones on the regional evacuation map. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The World Economic Forum identifies curiosity and lifelong learning among the skills expected to grow in importance in the coming years. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 That recommendation could change if the company identifies exposed identity information. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 But the company's website identifies 2027 as a notional target for its first space mission. — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Then begins work on plan recommendations, including updating the Transportation Improvement Plan, which looks at major road and transit projects in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties and identifies funding for them. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Citation analysis identifies the domains and exact URLs influencing those answers, helping teams see whether their own pages, publishers or other third-party sources shape the response. — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

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What distinguishes Elix in the crowded wellness landscape is its insistence on both heritage and evidence.

— Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
This absence distinguishes Silescelida acristata from nearly all of its close relatives.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinguishes

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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
The two-time Oscar winner, who was born in Concord and grew up in the East Bay, associates that sign with some of his favorite Bay Area childhood memories.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

Definition of associates

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This directly correlates to a reduction in automaker incentive spending.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
These varieties germinate best in soil between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit, which roughly correlates to daytime air temperatures in the 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit range.

— Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of correlates

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Ormund, who has spent the entirety of the battle looking for Ulf, finally finds the dragonseed passed out in the latrine after a morning spent in Lord Footly’s kitchen getting drunk on the Footly stores of ale.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
In Helaena’s room, Rhaenyra finds a tapestry Helaena had just finished sewing that predicts a dark and fiery end for Rhaenyra in the future.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of finds

Verb

The athlete had a rare cancer known as nasopharyngeal cancer, which affects the tissue that connects the back of the nose to the back of the mouth, per Cleveland Clinic.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is located between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, connects the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the Red Sea and, farther north, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of connects

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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
Anyone who locates turtles has been asked to bring them to the Cranford Fire Department, according to CBS New York.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026