Another word for identify

  • analyze
  • classify
  • describe
  • determine
  • diagnose
  • establish
  • find
  • name
  • pinpoint
  • select
  • single out
  • spot
  • card
  • catalog
  • distinguish
  • peg
  • place
  • separate
  • tag
  • button down
  • determinate
  • diagnosticate
  • make out
  • pick out
  • put one’s finger on
  • tab

On this page you’ll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to identify, such as: analyze, classify, describe, determine, diagnose, and establish.

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There are a lot of good synonyms for identify—which one to use depends on what exactly you want to mean. Here are some of the main ones:

  • recognize—to be able to tell what something is (and often to know its name), as in He immediately identified/recognized it as a monarch butterfly. 
  • diagnose or pinpoint, as in My mechanic was finally able to identify/diagnose/pinpoint the problem. 
  • associate, such as with a certain group or belief, as in She’s known for identifying/associating with the party’s reform wing. 
  • distinguish, as in Her height identified/distinguished her as the volleyball player. 
  • establish (who someone is), as in He has been identified/established as the main suspect. Relatedly, to identify someone is to figure out who they are—to establish their identity.

Sometimes, to identify in some way means to consider some characteristic as an inherent part of your identity (and perhaps to make this publicly known), as in I identify as nonbinary or She proudly identifies as Mexican American. Another way to express this is simply by using forms of the verb be, as in I am nonbinary.

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WORDS RELATED TO IDENTIFY

  • catch on
  • check
  • check out
  • check up on
  • confirm
  • determine
  • dig
  • discover
  • divine
  • double-check
  • establish
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • find out
  • fix
  • get down cold
  • get down pat
  • get hold of
  • get it down
  • get the hang of
  • identify
  • learn
  • learn the ropes
  • make certain
  • make sure
  • peg
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • read
  • see
  • settle
  • size
  • size up
  • tell
  • verify
  • catching on
  • checking
  • checking out
  • checking up on
  • confirming
  • determining
  • digging
  • discovering
  • divining
  • double-checking
  • establishing
  • eyeballing
  • eyeing
  • finding out
  • fixing
  • getting down cold
  • getting down patting
  • getting hold of
  • getting it down
  • getting the hang of
  • identifying
  • learning
  • learning the ropes
  • look-seeing
  • making certain
  • making sure
  • pegging
  • picking up
  • picking up on
  • reading
  • seeing
  • settling
  • size up
  • sizing
  • telling
  • verifying
  • affiliate
  • blend
  • bracket
  • combine
  • concord
  • conjoin
  • correlate
  • couple
  • group
  • identify
  • join
  • league
  • link
  • lump together
  • mix
  • pair
  • relate
  • think of together
  • unite
  • yoke
  • categorize
  • characterize
  • classify
  • designate
  • identify
  • indicate
  • list
  • pigeonhole
  • point
  • rank
  • rate
  • recognize
  • sort
  • specify
  • type
  • assort
  • button down
  • class
  • classify
  • group
  • identify
  • peg
  • pigeonhole
  • put down as
  • rank
  • tab
  • typecast
  • assorts
  • buttons down
  • classes
  • classifies
  • groups
  • identifies
  • pegs
  • pigeonholes
  • puts down as
  • ranks
  • tabs
  • typecasts

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What is another word for Identify?

  • name

    recognize, indication

  • distinguish

    recognize, recognise

  • place

    recognize, knowledge

  • describe

    recognize, call

  • recognize

    knowledge, discern

  • pinpoint

    recognize, knowledge

  • discover

    determine

  • spot

    establish

  • make out

    recognise, determine

  • diagnose

    determine

  • determine

    assign, detect

  • tag

    mark, action

  • classify

    designate, indication

  • label

    mark, marks

  • single out

    establish

  • finger

    knowledge, establish

  • associate

    same

  • designate

    mark, determine

  • specify

    name, assign

  • know

    recognise

  • characterize

    designate, indication

  • discern

    determine

  • pick out

    establish, discern

  • relate

    associate, same

  • find

    see

  • establish

  • link

    associate, same

  • detect

    recognise, reveal

  • mark

    action, marks

  • indicate

    assign, designate

  • connect

    associate, same

  • perceive

    recognise, discern

  • brand

    mark, marks

  • ascertain

    detect

  • categorize

    classify

  • discriminate

    classify

  • bracket

    associate, same

  • couple

    associate

  • define

    assign

  • mention

    call, name

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identify

verb

Definition of identifynext

1

as in to pinpoint

to find out or establish the identity of

sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pinpoint

  • distinguish

  • find

  • locate

  • recognize

  • determine

  • diagnose

  • investigate

  • finger

  • examine

  • discover

  • ID

  • disclose

  • reveal

  • scrutinize

  • inspect

  • put one’s finger on

  • pick out

  • single (out)

  • spot

  • notice

  • check

  • observe

  • place

  • betray


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • conceal

  • hide

  • disguise

  • simulate

  • camouflage

  • feign

  • counterfeit

  • sham

  • conceal

  • hide

  • disguise

  • simulate

  • camouflage

  • feign

  • counterfeit

  • sham

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2

as in to associate

to think of (something) in combination

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • associate

  • correlate

  • connect

  • relate

  • equate

  • compare

  • link

  • liken

  • group

  • tie (together)

  • join

  • lump (together)


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • distinguish

  • differentiate

  • discriminate

  • separate

  • contrast

  • set off

  • distinguish

  • differentiate

  • discriminate

  • separate

  • contrast

  • set off

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What is another word for identify?

808 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ a͡ɪdˈɛntɪfˌa͡ɪ], [ a‍ɪdˈɛntɪfˌa‍ɪ], [ aɪ_d_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]

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  • n.

    • indicate,
    • stand for,
    • signify,
    • proclaim,
    • betray,
    • mean,
    • represent.

    • brand,
    • trademark,
    • marks.

    • knowledge.

    • assimilate,
    • parallel,
    • match.

    • couple,
    • bracket.

    • sympathize.

    classify (noun)

    • catalog.

    describe (noun)

    • describe.

    fingerprint (noun)

    • dactylogram.

    identify (noun)

    • key out,
    • key.

    Other relevant words: (noun)

    • fingerprint.
  • v.

    ascertain (verb)

    • get the hang of,
    • verify,
    • size up,
    • learn,
    • learn the ropes,
    • eyeball,
    • double-check,
    • check,
    • get down pat,
    • settle,
    • read,
    • make certain,
    • check up on,
    • get hold of,
    • fix,
    • get it down,
    • size,
    • divine,
    • look-see,
    • identify,
    • confirm,
    • catch on,
    • make sure,
    • get down cold.

    associate (verb)

    • join,
    • mix,
    • yoke,
    • concord,
    • combine,
    • blend,
    • unite,
    • pair,
    • conjoin,
    • group,
    • affiliate.

    categorize (verb)

    • put down as,
    • rank,
    • typecast,
    • pigeonhole,
    • assort,
    • class.

    cognition (verb)

    • place.

    coincide (verb)

    • sync,
    • come about,
    • correspond,
    • be the same,
    • eventuate,
    • tally,
    • acquiesce,
    • accord,
    • jibe,
    • agree,
    • befall,
    • occur simultaneously,
    • accompany,
    • harmonize,
    • concert,
    • be concurrent,
    • quadrate,
    • synchronize,
    • concur,
    • equal,
    • square.

    detect (verb)

    • notice,
    • espy,
    • disclose,
    • meet,
    • descry,
    • scent,
    • expose,
    • encounter,
    • observe,
    • reveal,
    • unmask,
    • turn up,
    • uncover,
    • ascertain.

    discover (verb)

    • get wind of,
    • discern,
    • devise,
    • educe,
    • glimpse,
    • detect,
    • contrive,
    • elicit,
    • come across,
    • explore,
    • light upon,
    • originate,
    • unravel,
    • realize,
    • debunk,
    • locate,
    • fathom,
    • disinter,
    • hear,
    • pioneer,
    • Unriddle,
    • conceive,
    • design,
    • breakthrough,
    • look up,
    • unearth,
    • come upon,
    • ferret out,
    • get wise to,
    • sense,
    • solve,
    • invent,
    • think of,
    • bring to light.

    distinguish (verb)

    • tell apart,
    • qualify,
    • extricate,
    • figure out,
    • estimate,
    • mark off,
    • decide,
    • set off,
    • collate,
    • set apart,
    • sift,
    • tell between,
    • demarcate,
    • tell from,
    • sort out,
    • specify.

    enumerate (verb)

    • re hearse,
    • re-cite,
    • re citing,
    • re counted,
    • re-cites,
    • re hearses,
    • de-tailed,
    • re capitulates,
    • keeps tabs,
    • re-citing,
    • re capitulated,
    • de-tail,
    • de-tailing,
    • de tailing,
    • de tail,
    • re counting,
    • re-cited,
    • re cites,
    • de-tails,
    • re-capitulate,
    • kept tabs,
    • ticks off,
    • ticking off,
    • re-hearse,
    • re-hearses,
    • re-counted,
    • taking account of,
    • re cited,
    • re-counting,
    • counts noses,
    • de tailed,
    • de tails,
    • re cite,
    • re-capitulated,
    • took account of,
    • re capitulating,
    • re counts,
    • re-capitulating,
    • counted noses,
    • re-counts,
    • takes account of,
    • re-capitulates,
    • re capitulate.

    find (verb)

    • stumbling up on,
    • fell in with,
    • re-covers,
    • laid fingers on,
    • chanced up on,
    • chancing up on,
    • lays fingers on,
    • happened up on,
    • ran across,
    • re-covering,
    • chancing upon,
    • stumble up on,
    • stumbled upon,
    • scares up,
    • stumbles up on,
    • falls with,
    • arrives at,
    • falling with,
    • stumbled up on,
    • happens up on,
    • bump in to,
    • ran in to,
    • happens upon,
    • runs in to,
    • runs across,
    • re covering,
    • falls in with,
    • happening up on,
    • chances up on,
    • happening upon,
    • chances upon,
    • stumbles upon,
    • run in to,
    • scared up,
    • happen up on,
    • laying fingers on,
    • fell with,
    • chance up on,
    • chanced upon,
    • running in to,
    • re covered,
    • re cover,
    • tripping on,
    • re-covered,
    • running across,
    • falling in with,
    • scaring up,
    • trips on,
    • fall with,
    • tripped on,
    • re covers.

    finger (verb)

    • pinned down.

    know (verb)

    • were acquainted with,
    • under-gone,
    • had dealings with,
    • under-went,
    • hadst dealings with,
    • are friends with,
    • wert acquainted with,
    • wast friends with,
    • was friends with,
    • gets acquainted,
    • has dealings with,
    • art acquainted with,
    • under went,
    • am acquainted with,
    • art friends with,
    • un-derwent,
    • hast dealings with,
    • being acquainted with,
    • gotten acquainted,
    • was acquainted with,
    • haddest dealings with,
    • getting acquainted,
    • gat acquainted,
    • are acquainted with,
    • under-going,
    • got acquainted,
    • under gone,
    • hath dealings with,
    • being friends with,
    • wast acquainted with,
    • un derwent,
    • were friends with,
    • having dealings with,
    • under going,
    • is friends with,
    • wert friends with.

    label (verb)

    • stickering,
    • stickered.

    link (verb)

    • tied with,
    • inter faces,
    • tagged along,
    • in corporates,
    • hooking up,
    • inter facing,
    • in-corporates,
    • tags along,
    • melding with,
    • inter-faced,
    • throws with,
    • tagging along,
    • plugged in to,
    • plug in to,
    • teamed up with,
    • inter faced,
    • melds with,
    • slapping on,
    • tacking on,
    • threw in with,
    • inter-faces,
    • tagging on,
    • throwing in with,
    • throwing with,
    • hitched on,
    • tying with,
    • tie with,
    • plugged into,
    • ties with,
    • inter face,
    • plugs in to,
    • threw with,
    • throws in with,
    • throw with,
    • tacked on,
    • tacks on,
    • tagged on,
    • teams with,
    • in-corporate,
    • inter-facing,
    • in corporate,
    • inter-face,
    • teaming with,
    • tying in with,
    • tied in with,
    • tags on,
    • ties in with,
    • plugging in to,
    • teaming up with,
    • plugs into,
    • teamed with,
    • teams up with,
    • hooks up,
    • melded with,
    • plugging into.

    mark (verb)

    • re-marked,
    • be-tokens,
    • de-notes,
    • re marks,
    • be tokened,
    • pro claims,
    • be tokens,
    • be-tokening,
    • pro claim,
    • be-token,
    • be-speaking,
    • re-marks,
    • be tokening,
    • de notes,
    • ostends,
    • de-note,
    • re mark,
    • pointed up,
    • ostending,
    • be-speak,
    • be-speaks,
    • de-noted,
    • pro claimed,
    • be-tokened,
    • re marking,
    • be-spoken,
    • staked out,
    • be spoken,
    • be token,
    • pro claiming,
    • de-noting,
    • pro-claiming,
    • de note,
    • points up,
    • re marked,
    • stakes out,
    • de noting,
    • pro-claims,
    • be spoke,
    • ostended,
    • be-spoke,
    • de noted,
    • be speak,
    • re-marking,
    • be speaks,
    • be-spake,
    • be spake,
    • be speaking.

    name (verb)

    • title,
    • call,
    • term,
    • christen.

    Other relevant words: (verb)

    • regard,
    • denote,
    • indication,
    • tie in,
    • name,
    • same,
    • colligate,
    • classify,
    • recognise,
    • connect,
    • consider,
    • set,
    • action,
    • reckon,
    • designate,
    • view,
    • recognize,
    • relate,
    • determine,
    • link up,
    • refer.

    perceive (verb)

    • were aware of,
    • be-holds,
    • is aware of,
    • be-holding,
    • are aware of,
    • art aware of,
    • be holding,
    • be-held,
    • wast aware of,
    • am aware of,
    • be holds,
    • wert aware of,
    • be-hold.

    pinpoint (verb)

    • homing in on,
    • get fix on,
    • homes in on,
    • gets fix on,
    • gat fix on,
    • gat a fix on,
    • gets a fix on,
    • gotten a fix on,
    • homed on,
    • homes on,
    • getting fix on,
    • got a fix on,
    • getting a fix on,
    • homed in on,
    • gotten fix on,
    • got fix on,
    • homing on.

    point out (verb)

    • re-minds,
    • re mind,
    • re-minding,
    • re-mind,
    • re minded,
    • re minding,
    • re-minded,
    • re minds.

    see (verb)

    • in-spect,
    • took notice,
    • in-spects,
    • in spects,
    • catch glimpse of,
    • gat load of,
    • got a load of,
    • catches glimpse of,
    • catching sight of,
    • am apprised of,
    • caught glimpse of,
    • catching glimpse of,
    • in spect,
    • gets load of,
    • is apprised of,
    • art apprised of,
    • gets a load of,
    • wert apprised of,
    • catches a glimpse of,
    • was apprised of,
    • payed attention to,
    • takes notice,
    • being apprised of,
    • wast apprised of,
    • getting a load of,
    • get load of,
    • caught a glimpse of,
    • gotten a load of,
    • catching a glimpse of,
    • were apprised of,
    • gotten load of,
    • got load of,
    • are apprised of.

    smell (verb)

    • in-haling,
    • get whiff,
    • gets a whiff,
    • getting a whiff,
    • got whiff,
    • in-hales,
    • gotten a whiff,
    • gets whiff,
    • in-haled,
    • gat a whiff,
    • in hales,
    • got a whiff,
    • in haled,
    • getting whiff,
    • in hale,
    • in haling,
    • in-hale,
    • gotten whiff,
    • gat whiff.

    tell (verb)

    • knows for certain,
    • de-duces,
    • de duce,
    • de duces,
    • being sure,
    • de-duce,
    • are sure,
    • was sure,
    • am sure,
    • wast sure,
    • is sure,
    • were sure,
    • art sure,
    • wert sure,
    • knew for certain,
    • knowing for certain.

    tell the difference (verb)

    • distinguish.
  • Other synonyms:

    • remember,
    • symbolize,
    • smack of,
    • mark out,
    • betoken,
    • augur,
    • point to,
    • alight on,
    • prefigure,
    • presage,
    • analogize.

    • SEE-IN,
    • empathize,
    • liken,
    • herald,
    • pick up on.

    • remark,
    • correlate,
    • identification,
    • feel,
    • surprise.

    • compare,
    • recognition,
    • equate.

    • note,
    • spell,
    • signal.

    • register.

    • catch.

    ascertain

    • makes certain,
    • double-checked,
    • check on,
    • picking up on,
    • double checked,
    • sizing,
    • double-checks,
    • made certain,
    • made sure,
    • picked up,
    • double check,
    • eyeballed,
    • getting hold of,
    • pick up,
    • got down,
    • caught on,
    • got hold of,
    • double checking,
    • sized,
    • eyeballs,
    • look see,
    • sizing up,
    • Pegged,
    • eyeballing,
    • establish.

    categorize

    • tabbing,
    • pigeonholed,
    • tabbed,
    • typecasting,
    • button down.

    coincide

    • occurred simultaneously,
    • synced,
    • syncing,
    • syncs,
    • Tallied,
    • Concerting.

    discover

    • got wind of,
    • thinking of,
    • thought of,
    • explores,
    • Explored,
    • Glimpsed.

    distinguish

    • told apart,
    • figured out,
    • singled out,
    • Diagnosticate,
    • diagnosticating,
    • singling out,
    • setting apart,
    • figuring out,
    • sets apart,
    • determinates,
    • marking off,
    • setting off,
    • individualize,
    • marked off,
    • single out,
    • diagnosticates,
    • sorting out,
    • sorted out.

    know

    • Experiencing,
    • is acquainted with,
    • have dealings with,
    • be friends with,
    • tasting,
    • be acquainted with,
    • get acquainted.

    name

    • put finger on,
    • Nicknaming,
    • give a handle,
    • Slotting,
    • Nicknamed,
    • naming,
    • Slotted,
    • Cognominate,
    • pointing to,
    • pointed to,
    • Ticketing,
    • referred to,
    • Ticketed,
    • referring to,
    • refer to,
    • put down for,
    • put tag on.

    Other relevant words:

    • individuate,
    • Ostend,
    • hitch on,
    • see,
    • ran off,
    • take account of,
    • hook up,
    • hit on,
    • think of together,
    • find out,
    • perceive,
    • sticker,
    • runs into,
    • was aware of,
    • link,
    • team with,
    • adding up,
    • Summing,
    • interface,
    • home in on,
    • ran into,
    • Peculiarize,
    • portraying,
    • pointed out,
    • remind,
    • keeping tabs,
    • finding,
    • tag on,
    • ticked off,
    • counting noses,
    • pin down,
    • recover,
    • pinpoint,
    • spell out,
    • lumped together,
    • labelled,
    • scare up,
    • categorize,
    • concording,
    • know for certain,
    • smell,
    • digs up,
    • tag along,
    • belong to,
    • tie in with,
    • makes up,
    • fall in with,
    • Re-mark,
    • finger,
    • apperceive,
    • hit upon,
    • running off,
    • point up,
    • running into,
    • inventorying,
    • tag,
    • run across,
    • Bracketed,
    • meld with,
    • trip on,
    • throw in with,
    • tack on,
    • individuated,
    • characterize,
    • grading,
    • run off,
    • digging up,
    • find,
    • come with,
    • coincide,
    • Accounted,
    • met with,
    • spot,
    • stumbling upon,
    • Gauging,
    • Docketed,
    • plug into,
    • Told,
    • Labelling,
    • track down,
    • be aware of,
    • recapitulate,
    • Bracketing,
    • pick out,
    • personalized,
    • picked out,
    • stumble on,
    • discover,
    • keep tabs,
    • smoke out,
    • wise up to,
    • labeled,
    • arrive at,
    • tumble into,
    • lay fingers on,
    • pins down,
    • happened upon,
    • stake out,
    • team up with,
    • gauge,
    • be sure,
    • interfaced,
    • point out,
    • be hold,
    • dug up,
    • league,
    • tick off,
    • pointing out,
    • be held,
    • arriving at,
    • being aware of,
    • chance upon,
    • Individuating,
    • quotes,
    • dig up,
    • slap on,
    • re-cover,
    • spotted,
    • picking out,
    • pointing up,
    • meet with,
    • mark,
    • interfaces,
    • arrived at,
    • Summed,
    • pinning down,
    • tell,
    • Docketing,
    • evaluate,
    • picks out,
    • runs off,
    • concorded,
    • count noses,
    • individuates,
    • nose out,
    • interfacing,
    • stickers,
    • get a fix on,
    • smell out,
    • run into,
    • stumble upon,
    • staking out,
    • lump together,
    • label,
    • lumping together,
    • enumerate,
    • Inventoried,
    • wise to,
    • associate,
    • home on,
    • know,
    • adds up,
    • happen upon,
    • slapped on.

    see

    • paid attention to,
    • be apprised of,
    • pay attention to,
    • catch a glimpse of,
    • catch sight of,
    • clocked,
    • get a load of,
    • scoping,
    • paying attention to,
    • take notice,
    • looked at,
    • look at,
    • catches sight of,
    • caught sight of,
    • pays attention to,
    • scoped,
    • clocking,
    • looks at,
    • taking notice,
    • looking at.

    smell

    • snuff,
    • get a whiff.

How to use «Identify» in context?

Identifying someone can be difficult, especially if you don’t know their name. There are a few ways to identify someone, each with its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Here are a few examples:

-Voice identification: This is probably the most straightforward way to identify someone. All you need is their voice and you’ll be able to figure out who they are. However, this can be tricky if the person is trying to disguise their voice or if they have a voice that is difficult to decipher.

Paraphrases for Identify:

Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
  • Equivalence

    • Adjective
      identifying, identifies.
    • Proper noun, singular
      detect, identifying, identifies.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      detect, identifying, Ascertaining.
    • Adverb
      identifies.
    • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
      detect, enumerate.
    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      detects.
    • Verb, base form
      detect.
  • Independent

    • Determiner
      clarify, define, determine, establish, recognize, specify.
    • Adjective
      ascertained, clarify, define, definite, describe, determine, establish, find, specify.
    • Proper noun, singular
      clarify, data, define, describe, determine, establish, find, recognize, specify, Does, Its, Les, finds, limits, says, characteristics.
    • Noun, plural
      features, characteristics.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      clarify, define, describe, determine, establish, find, recognize, specify, ‘identification.
    • Adverb
      assess, clarify, define, describe, determine, establish, find, recognize, specify.
    • Verb, past tense
      added, addressed, articulated, assess, clarified, clarify, considered, define, defining, describe, described, determine, determining, dictated, establish, included, pointed, prepared, reported, said, satisfied, specify, spotted, stressed, suggested, used, Asked, Examined, Explained, Stipulated.
    • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
      are, characterize, denote, describe, dictate, establish, find, recognize, reflect, reveal.
    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      clarify, define, defining, determine, determining, specify, Faces, outlines, lifts, recommends, clarifies, assesses, considers, notes, demonstrates, finds, directs, suggests, shows, points, implies, constitutes, says, becomes, depends, highlights.
    • Verb, base form
      acquaint, annotate, certify, characterize, circumscribe, clarify, classify, communicate, declared, delimit, demarcate, denote, describe, diagnose, dictate, differentiate, disclose, elucidate, emphasize, establish, extract, find, illuminate, individualise, individualize, infer, itemize, localize, obtain, qualify, quantify, recognize, reflect, retrieve, reveal, scout, signify, spotted, trace, underline, validate, Chose, Disaggregate, Enacted, Familiarize, notes, groups, tools, identifythe.
  • Other Related

    • Cardinal number
      determine.
    • Adjective
      ascertain, assess, defining, determining.
    • Proper noun, singular
      ascertain, assess, defining, determining, assesses, identifications.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      ascertain, assess, defining, verify.
    • Adverb
      ascertain, determining.
    • Verb, past tense
      ascertained, decided.
    • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
      ascertain, assess, cite, define, defining, delineate, determine, determining, prescribe, refer.
    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      Addresses, examines, explores.
    • Verb, base form
      ascertain, assess, assimilate, authenticate, cite, deciding, define, defining, delineate, determine, determining, discern, distinguish, enumerate, equate, prescribe, redefine, refer, seeking, specify, uncover, verify, fine-tuning.

Hypernym for Identify:

  • v.

    • cognition
      severalise, secern, misidentify, separate, distinguish, tell, secernate, mistake, severalize, taste, typecast, tell apart, type, differentiate.
    • communication
      enumerate, recite, number, itemize, announce, itemise, list.

Hyponym for Identify:

  • v.

    • cognition
      relate, reckon, determine, link, consider, link up, colligate, see, associate, set, recognise, view, connect, tie in, recognize, regard.
    • communication
      refer, denote.

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

  1. identifyverb

    Synonyms:
    ID

  2. identifyverb

    To establish the identity of someone or something.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  3. identifyverb

    To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  4. identifyverb

    To equate two or more things.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  5. identifyverb

    To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  6. identifyverb

    To associate oneself with some group.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  7. identifyverb

    To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

    Synonyms:
    ID

  8. identifyverb

    To map a number of points to one.

    Synonyms:
    ID

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

  1. identify, placeverb

    recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something

    «She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster»

    Synonyms:
    put, aim, come out, key out, post, grade, range, set, describe, pose, place, name, locate, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, position, come in, distinguish, target, discover, order, key, point, commit, localise

  2. name, identifyverb

    give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

    «Many senators were named in connection with the scandal»; «The almanac identifies the auspicious months»

    Synonyms:
    discover, place, list, appoint, bring up, mention, name, describe, advert, key out, diagnose, call, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitute

  3. identifyverb

    consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

    «He identified with the refugees»

    Synonyms:
    describe, name, key, place, distinguish, key out, discover

  4. identifyverb

    conceive of as united or associated

    «Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus»

    Synonyms:
    describe, name, key, place, distinguish, key out, discover

  5. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb

    identify as in botany or biology, for example

    Synonyms:
    account, detect, distinguish, chance upon, signalise, trace, let out, separate, place, secern, bring out, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, depict, cite, find, describe, get word, differentiate, fall upon, refer, strike, spot, report, nominate, make, pick out, see, find out, key, expose, bring up, give away, mark, break, appoint, severalise, tell apart, signalize, happen upon, delineate, list, divulge, make out, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, recognize, line, name, pick up, call, mention, draw, discern, advert, recognise, tell, unwrap, constitute, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, diagnose, discover, secernate, severalize, hear

  6. identifyverb

    consider to be equal or the same

    «He identified his brother as one of the fugitives»

    Synonyms:
    describe, name, key, place, distinguish, key out, discover

Matched Categories

    • Associate
    • Consider
    • Recognize
    • Refer

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  1. List of paraphrases for «identify»:

    identifying, determine, identification, detect, define, determining, find, identified, ascertain, pinpoint, identifies, indicate, locate, defining, establish, designate, specify, determination, recognize, discover, appoint, detecting, discern, i.d., assess, delineate, set, decide

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How to use identify in a sentence?

  1. Eric Adams:

    At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we’re at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up — let’s defer prosecution, let’s have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct — that’s the coordination that we need, there’s no reason to put someone( with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, Rikers Island’s Rikers Island.

  2. Jeremy Warner:

    Right now, we’re working to quickly get information about why some patients with cancer become infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and identify the factors that affect disease severity and death, we’re also interested in the effects of treatments that are being used to treat patients with cancer who have Covid-19.

  3. Debby Herbenick:

    It’s certainly not a new idea that women and men may be attracted to more than gender, but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy orientation to adopt. Women and men who self-identify as bisexual experience stigma not just from heterosexuals but also homosexuals.

  4. Travis Scott:

    I’m honestly just devastated, we’re actually working right now to identify the families so we can help assist them through this tough time.

  5. American Red Cross:

    This initiative is still new and the Red Cross along with our industry partners are working around-the-clock to identify, qualify and collect more convalescent plasma donations to meet urgent patient needs in this rapidly changing environment, we expect to significantly increase collections in the coming days and weeks.


Translations for identify

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  • تحديدArabic
  • апазнава́ць, апазна́цьBelarusian
  • identificar-se, identificarCatalan, Valencian
  • identifikovatCzech
  • identificereDanish
  • gleichsetzen, identifizierenGerman
  • identigiEsperanto
  • identificar, identificarseSpanish
  • شناساییPersian
  • samastua, identifioida, samaistua, samastaa, samaistaa, tunnistaaFinnish
  • identifier, s’identifier àFrench
  • aithintIrish
  • comharraichScottish Gaelic
  • की पहचानHindi
  • idantifyeHaitian Creole
  • azonosítaniHungarian
  • mengenaliIndonesian
  • identificareItalian
  • לזהותHebrew
  • 識別Japanese
  • identifyLatin
  • поистоветува, изедначува, препознава, идентификуваMacedonian
  • determineren, identificerenDutch
  • identifisere seg, identifisereNorwegian Nynorsk
  • identifisere seg, identifisereNorwegian
  • identificarOccitan
  • zidentyfikowaćPolish
  • identificar, [[identificar]]-[[se]]Portuguese
  • identificaRomanian
  • солидаризироваться, идентифицировать, отождествить, отождествиться, отождествлять, отождествляться, идентифицироваться, опознать, опознаватьRussian
  • поистоветити, poistovetitiSerbo-Croatian
  • identifiera, identifiera sigSwedish
  • belirlemekTurkish
  • nhận địnhVietnamese

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