comprehensible
AdjectiveUS[kom-pree-hen-suh-buhl]/ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsəbəl/5 syllables
Synonyms:
comprehendible
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- capable of being comprehended or understood“an idea comprehensible to the average mind”Synonyms: comprehendibleSimilar apprehensible, accessible, fathomableSee also clear, explicable, intelligible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Com′pre·hen′si·ble adjective
Origin: L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compreéhensible.
1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.
The horizon sets the bounds... between what is and what is not comprehensible by us.— John Locke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54