intelligible
[adjective]
Synonyms: understandable, clear, comprehensible, distinct, lucid, open, plain

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Antonyms: unintelligible

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧tel‧li‧gi‧ble /ɪnˈtelədʒəbəl, ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: intelligence, intelligentsia, intelligibility; adverb: intelligently, intelligibly; adjective: intelligent ≠ UNINTELLIGENT, intelligible ≠ unintelligible]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: intelligibilis, from intelligere; ⇒ intelligent]
if speech, writing, or an idea is intelligible, it can be easily understood Antonym : unintelligible:
His reply was barely intelligible.
intelligible to
The report needs to be intelligible to the client.
—intelligibly adverb
—intelligibility /ɪnˌtelədʒəˈbɪləti, ɪnˌtelɪdʒəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

intelligible
adj.
VERBS be | become | make sth They do their best to make science intelligible to young children.
find sth She found his motives perfectly intelligible.
ADV. perfectly | easily, immediately, readily | barely, scarcely His reply was barely intelligible.
mutually Czech and Slovak are separate languages but they are mutually intelligible.
PREP. to We need an explanation that is readily intelligible to ordinary people.

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