comprehensible

adjective

com·​pre·​hen·​si·​ble ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl 

-prē-

: capable of being comprehended : intelligible

a comprehensible explanation

comprehensibility

ˌkäm-pri-ˌhen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

-prē-

noun

comprehensibleness

ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl-nəs 

-prē-

noun

comprehensibly

ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-blē 

-prē-

adverb

Synonyms

• understandable
• accessible

Examples of comprehensible in a Sentence

a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen

Recent Examples on the Web

The idea is to make worker feedback less intimidating for companies by turning it into easily comprehensible data and action items. —Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025

In the lab, Goldie’s thoughts circled and surrounded the minutiae of analysis and computation, sorted microscopic comparisons, developed overviews that laid out sequences and processes logically and accurately in theories not otherwise comprehensible. —Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025

Crosser, going into detail comprehensible only to the network-savvy attendees, laid out all the steps Zoom may go through trying to connect from within a highly secure network. —PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025

Sparse autoencoders, for instance, can help simplify neural network activations into comprehensible parts. —Rishabh Sambare, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

see comprehend

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for comprehensible

• compensable
• condensable
• defensible
• dispensable
• extensible
• insensible
• ostensible
• incomprehensible
• indefensible
• indispensable
• reprehensible
• supersensible