English Synonym Finder

identify

Definitions

To establish or indicate who or what someone or something is.

To recognize or treat as being the same as or closely associated with something else.

Examples

Can you identify the bird sitting on the branch?

The police were able to identify the suspect using security camera footage.

It is often difficult to identify the root cause of such a complex problem.

Synonyms

recognize distinguish detect classify determine pinpoint diagnose

Antonyms

overlook ignore confuse misidentify miss disregard obscure