traceable
Able to follow
Traceable describes something that can be followed back to its source or origin.
A phone call is traceable if investigators can identify where it came from.
A package is traceable if its journey can be tracked.
The outbreak was traceable to contaminated lettuce.
The word often implies accountability—traceable funds leave a paper trail, while untraceable ones don't.
Able to be recognized
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- visibleAble to be seen
- recognizableAble to be identified
- findableAble to be located
discoverable · locatable · apparent · evident · distinguishable · perceptible · observable · noticeable
Record of ownership
- sourcePoint of origin
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
roots · pedigree · genesis · birthplace · descent · antecedents · bloodline · etymology
Pertaining to legal investigation
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- cluesHints toward answers
- proofDemonstration of truth
ballistics · evidence · documentation · record · verification · authentication · paper-trail · corroboration
identifiable
Able to be recognized
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- visibleAble to be seen
- recognizableAble to be identified
findable · discoverable · locatable · apparent · evident · distinguishable · perceptible · observable · noticeable · marked
provenance
Record of ownership
lineage · roots · pedigree · genesis · birthplace · descent · antecedents · bloodline · etymology · beginnings
forensic
Pertaining to legal investigation
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- cluesHints toward answers
proof · ballistics · evidence · documentation · record · verification · authentication · paper-trail · corroboration · substantiation
GPS
Satellite-based location technology
- RFIDWireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- barcodeEncoded product stripes
- shipmentGoods being transported
logistics · monitoring · location · inventory · asset · telemetry · supply-chain · package · delivery · route
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- lab qualitiessterile, calibrated, controlled, precise, accurate
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- money wordsvalue, worth, wealth, poverty, costly
traceableuntraceable
Impossible to follow back
untrackable · nontraceable · lost · vanished · disappeared
traceableunattributable
Cannot be assigned origin
untraceable · anonymous · sourceless · orphaned · unidentifiable
traceableundetectable
Impossible to notice
imperceptible · indiscernible · leaving no trace · without a trace · untraceable
- traceability systemsMethods for following item histories