Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being identified or known: Something that is "recognizable" can be perceived or identified as something previously seen, known, or experienced.
   • Easily perceived or distinguished: Something that is clear enough or has distinctive enough features to be easily noticed or identified.

Usage and Examples

• General Use: Describing something or someone that can be identified.

  • Even with the mask, his voice was instantly recognizable.
  • The company's logo is recognizable all over the world.

• Describing Features or Symptoms: Used to indicate clear, identifiable signs.

  • The patient showed recognizable symptoms of the flu, such as fever and fatigue.
  • There are recognizable patterns in his behavior.

Advanced Usage

• "Instantly recognizable": Immediately identifiable without effort.

  • Her signature style is instantly recognizable.

• "Easily recognizable": Very simple to identify.

  • The landmark is easily recognizable from a distance.

Variants and Related Words

• Recognize (verb): To identify someone or something from having encountered them before; to acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of.
• Recognition (noun): The action of recognizing; the state of being recognized.
• Unrecognizable (adjective): Not able to be recognized or identified.

Synonyms

• Identifiable: Able to be recognized or distinguished.
• Distinguishable: Clear enough to be recognized as different.
• Familiar: Well known from long or close association.

Antonyms

• Unrecognizable: Not able to be recognized.
• Indistinguishable: Not able to be identified as different or distinct.

Related Phrases

• Beyond recognition: Changed so much that identification is very difficult or impossible.
  • The old house had been renovated beyond recognition.

Adjective

1. capable of being recognized
2. easily perceived; easy to become aware of
   • this situation produces recognizable stress symptoms