traceable

/ˈtreɪsəbəl/

Other forms: traceably

If something is traceable, it can be tracked or detected — like an email address or evidence of a crime.

The word traceable is just the adjective form of the common verb trace, meaning “to find.” So if you describe something as traceable, that just means that it can be detected. A poison that can be discovered in the body of a murder victim, for example, is a traceable poison. The word can also be used in the sense of something that can be tracked, such as a suspicious money transaction that’s traceable to your bank account. If something is traceable, it has left you a trail to follow it.

Definitions of traceable

1. adjective

   capable of being traced or tracked
   “a traceable riverbed”

   “the traceable course of an ancient wall”

   synonyms: trackable

   antonyms:

   untraceable

   incapable of being traced or tracked down
2. adjective

   (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to
   “a failure traceable to lack of energy”

   synonyms:

   attributable

   capable of being attributed