intelligibility

noun

in·​tel·​li·​gi·​bil·​i·​ty

-lətē, 

-i

plural -es

1

: the quality or state of being intelligible : clarity, understandability

the immediate intelligibility of the prose

—Richard Eberhart

2

: something that is intelligible

Word History

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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Rhymes for intelligibility

• communicability
• comprehensibility
• deliverability
• differentiability
• impenetrability
• impermeability
• impracticability
• inaccessibility
• inadmissibility
• inapplicability
• incompatibility
• indestructibility