traceable

adjective

trace·​able ˈtrā-sə-bəl 

1

: capable of being traced

a traceable phone call

2

: suitable or of a kind to be attributed to something specified : due

—used with to

… perhaps 35 percent of cancer cases in the U.S. are traceable to dietary factors.

—Gary Blonston

Examples of traceable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One involved a home in Oviedo that prosecutors say Rivera and his former wife bought in 2017 using $515,000 in proceeds traceable to the offenses. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

In property operations, all facts and details must be traceable to their sources and require validation at field level, but generic AI models are often biased toward producing fluent, plausible output. — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Where the bus story came from The bus story has a traceable origin. — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

The costs created by a large data center should be traceable to it and paid by it. — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable