readable

adjective

read·​able ˈrē-də-bəl 

: able to be read easily: such as

a

: legible

b

: interesting to read

a highly readable novel

readability

ˌrē-də-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

readableness

ˈrē-də-bəl-nəs 

noun

readably

ˈrē-də-blē 

adverb

Examples of readable in a Sentence

The travel guide is very readable.

Recent Examples on the Web

Any page that’s readable by a human could also be correctly interpreted by an AI scraping tool that simply renders the full webpage and uses optical character recognition on an image of the output. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

Two beautiful, very readable new books about astrophysics cover this sensation of wonder, which toggles between identity and infinity. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

In Kitchen Confidential, the ludicrously readable memoir and culinary tell-all that first made Anthony Bourdain a household name, the period over which the new biopic Tony takes place is covered in just a few pages. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

As a practical matter, Cloudflare’s new identity service provides any user with a bot-readable identity in the form of a permanent web address. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing readable

• machine-readable

Rhymes for readable

• unreadable

Kids Definition

readable

adjective

read·​able ˈrēd-ə-bəl 

: able to be read easily

readability

ˌrēd-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

readably

-blē 

adverb