English Explanatory Dictionary

comprehensible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be comprehended.

Pronunciation

/kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comprehensible.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-comprehensible.wav

Word forms

comprehensible more comprehensible most comprehensible

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsibilis.

Synonyms

apprehensible clear intelligible understandable limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable lucid pellucid perspicuous straightforward tangible

Antonyms

incomprehensible confusing

Related words

comprehend comprehensive crystal clear translucent transparent obvious describable

Derived words

comprehensible input comprehensibleness comprehensibly intercomprehensible noncomprehensible uncomprehensible
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