traceable

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US/ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/US, sometimes[ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl]

adjective

Capable of being traced; possible to track down.

“There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.”

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivetraceable (comparative more traceable, superlative most traceable)

comparative more traceable · superlative most traceable

  1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down.

    There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.

    4 more examples

    Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.

    1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

    The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.

    1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64

    For those who do not have the money, as well as for those who are reluctant to commit any potentially traceable act of positive support, the boycott serves our purpose well.

    1978 February 11, Donald Cameron Scot, “Controversy and Boycott Must Continue”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 5

    The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.

    1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96
  2. not comparablegraph theoryContaining a Hamiltonian path.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(usually followed by ‘to’) able to be traced to

adjectivecapable of being traced or tracked

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian проследим
  • проследим (prosledim)capable of being traced; possible to track down
German nachvollziehbar
  • nachvollziehbarcapable of being traced; possible to track down
Romanian trasabil, care poate fi trasat
  • trasabilcapable of being traced; possible to track down
  • care poate fi trasatcapable of being traced; possible to track down
  • reperabilcapable of being traced; possible to track down

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traceable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traceable.

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