Dictionary Definition
intelligible adj
1 capable of being apprehended or understood
[syn: apprehensible, graspable, perceivable, understandable]
2 well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough
to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation" [ant: unintelligible]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From intelligibilis.Adjective
intelligible- capable of being understood; clear to the mind
Translations
capable of being understood
- Czech: srozumitelný
- Finnish: ymmärrettävä
- Portuguese: inteligível
- Spanish: inteligible
Antonyms
French
Etymology
From intelligibilis.Adjective
intelligibleAntonyms
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Intelligibility may refer to:
See also
- Immaterialism, in philosophy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
allegorical, apprehensible, articulate, associational, clear, cognizable, comprehensible, connotational, connotative, decipherable, definable, denotational, denotative, easily
understood, easy to understand, exoteric, expressive, extended, extensional, fathomable, figurative, full of meaning,
full of point, full of substance, graspable, indicative, intensional, interpretable, knowable, legible, lucid, luminous, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, penetrable, pithy, plain, plumbable, pointed, pregnant, prehensible, readable, referential, scrutable, sententious, significant, significative, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, transferred, unambiguous, understandable