as in understandable
capable of being understood
speculation on the odds that a communication from a far-off planet would be intelligible
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Recent Examples of intelligible
Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man’s best friend into intelligible speech — a kind of Rosetta Stone of woof.
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Miriam Fauzia, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
At a moment when many people’s thoughts and feelings about antisemitism are intense without necessarily being intelligible to others, and when accusations of antisemitism are tremendously forceful, Mazower’s book makes an immense contribution.
—Book Marks
september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The story is actually intelligible this time around, but while the mecha designs look wonderful, the characters definitely needed more work.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The resulting voice was often intelligible, but not consistently so.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligible
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The animating impulse behind Proposition 50 is understandable.—
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Gary’s desperation throughout the episode is understandable.—
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The founders argue that automation should be accessible to smaller operators, including neighborhood bars and private event spaces.—
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For everyday cooking, a tube makes tomato paste this effective flavor tool in your arsenal even more accessible.—
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Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.—
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That’s the novelist within the essayist, who loves a metaphor and senses that a metaphor will tend to be more comprehensible to the general reader than a thousand pages of closely argued Thomas Piketty.—
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“Intelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligible. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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