- identify
- v1. recognize, perceive, discern, see, know, distinguish; point out, select, detect, pick out, Inf. spot, make out, descry, Inf. put one's finger on; specify, pinpoint, Sl. peg, Sl. button down; name, nominate, denomiate, designate; call, dub, term, label, tag.2. verify, establish, ascertain, tell, prove, confirm; substantiate, corroborate, certify, authenticate, endorse, attest.3. associate, relate, regard as the same; connect, ally, equate, couple, parallel, draw a parallel to; feel with, respond to, be moved, react, relate, to, Sl. dig; sympathize, empathize, know what it's like, walk in another's shoes, see through another's eyes.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.