Thesaurus:identify

Thesaurus

identify

English

Verb

Sense: to establish the identity of someone or something

Synonyms

• clock (regional)
• ID
• identify
• ken (chiefly Scottish)
• to make someone
• notice
• recognize
• twig (regional)

Antonyms

• misken (British dialect)

Hyponyms

• classify    [⇒ thesaurus]
• denominate    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• know someone from Adam
• know from a bar of soap
• know someone from a can of paint

See also

• Thesaurus:associate

Further reading

• “465B. identification” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “13. identity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “identify” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.