comprehensible
adjective
com·pre·hen·si·ble
ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl 
-prē-
: capable of being comprehended : intelligible
a comprehensible explanation
Examples of comprehensible in a Sentence
a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
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Erratic as the president sounds, the Trumpian worldview is comprehensible and even, in some respects, predictable.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
All of it’s fake, from an ever-growing branch of accounts that use the same verbiage and link to barely comprehensible mock news stories.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
All of it’s fake, from an ever-growing branch of accounts that use the same verbiage and link to barely comprehensible mock news stories.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Comprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprehensible. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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