recognizable

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adjective

Able to be recognized.

Less commonScrabble 26

Meanings

adjectiverecognizable (comparative more recognizable, superlative most recognizable)

comparative more recognizable · superlative most recognizable · alternative recognizeable · alternative recognisable · alternative recogniseable

  1. Able to be recognized.

    This variation is strikingly similar to the Work’s so-called “ballooned droplet” within the circle. The figure in the Work is slightly more bulbous, but it is instantly recognizable as a quotation mark.

    2018 August 21, U.S. Copyright Office Review Board, “Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Vodafone Speechmark”, in United States Copyright Office, page 4
    1 more example

    Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad.

    2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN

    Antonyms: unrecognizable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to be recognized.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveeasily perceived; easy to become aware of

adjectivecapable of being recognized

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcognize
  7. Englishrecognize
  8. Englishrecognizable

From recognize + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian разпознаваем
  • разпознаваем (razpoznavaem)able to be recognized
Czech rozeznatelný, rozpoznatelný
  • rozeznatelnýable to be recognized
  • rozpoznatelnýable to be recognized
Esperanto rekonebla
  • rekoneblaable to be recognized
French reconnaissable
  • reconnaissableable to be recognized
German erkennbar
  • erkennbarable to be recognized
Greek αναγνωρίσιμος
  • αναγνωρίσιμος (anagnorísimos)able to be recognized
Hungarian felismerhető
  • felismerhetőable to be recognized
Irish so-aitheanta
  • so-aitheantaable to be recognized
Italian riconoscibile
  • riconoscibileable to be recognized
Norwegian Bokmål gjenkjennbar, gjenkjennelig
  • gjenkjennbarable to be recognized
  • gjenkjenneligable to be recognized
Polish rozpoznawalny
  • rozpoznawalnyable to be recognized
Slovak rozpoznateľný
  • rozpoznateľnýable to be recognized
Spanish reconocible, recognoscible
  • reconocibleable to be recognized
  • recognoscibleable to be recognized
Swedish igenkännlig
  • igenkännligable to be recognized
Turkish ayırt edilebilir, fark edilebilir
  • ayırt edilebilirable to be recognized
  • fark edilebilirable to be recognized
Cite this entry
APA

recognizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recognizable

MLA

“recognizable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recognizable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recognizable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recognizable.

Source: recognizable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.