APPREHENSIBLE Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

apprehensible

adjective

ˌa-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl

Definition of apprehensible

as in distinguishable

able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind some of the moon's more interesting features are apprehensible even to someone with a more modestly powered telescope

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as in understandable

capable of being understood a teacher who favored preachy stories that had an easily apprehensible moral

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Recent Examples of apprehensible Volt line of alt-country (think Jay Farrar with more apprehensible lyrics), has essentially been Andrew Grimm and a revolving cast of players for the past quarter-century. — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022

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Adjective

Based on analyzing samples taken from hundreds of different mole rats, the team learned members of each colony carried a distinguishable chemical signature.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
The brain compares the relative signal strength across these three channels and reconstructs something on the order of a million distinguishable colors.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of distinguishable

Adjective

From a business perspective, this emphasis is understandable; these big-name pieces are huge audience draws, both for locals and traveling visitors.

— Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Its understandable focus on last year’s championship battle, ultimately justified by Norris’ coronation, had delayed its 2026 car development plans compared to Mercedes, leaving it playing catch-up through the first half of the 2026 season.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of understandable

Adjective

Ho’s direct testimony was accompanied by a sequence of gruesome photographs from Rivas’ autopsy, some of which prompted audible gasps from those gathered in the courtroom.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
There was an audible sound upon impact as the carcass fragmented and bits of flesh dispersed in the water.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of audible

Adjective

On a mission to build a more equitable food system, Kanbe’s Market is taking items typically thrown out and making them into accessible, affordable meals for families.

— Zuri Primos July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Public areas—including the lobby, restaurants, and meeting spaces—are all wheelchair accessible.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of accessible

Adjective

No appreciable glycemic improvement was observed in healthy normoglycemic populations, and there was no significant effect on body mass index (BMI).

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Perhaps driving them back-to-back would reveal no appreciable difference, but if the point was to imbue the C-HR with an eager quality, Toyota’s engineers succeeded at the task.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

Definition of appreciable

Adjective

In fact, the film’s story would still be comprehensible if its few subtitles were removed (one of Murnau’s earlier silents — 1924’s The Last Laugh — has no titles whatsoever).

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Like a lot of your work, the joke underscoring this new song and video is incredibly niche and also evidently instantly comprehensible to millions of people.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of comprehensible

Adjective

Much of this glazing has been retrofitted with an ultraviolet dot pattern that’s hardly perceptible to us but lifesaving for birds.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Many of today’s most prominent artists are focused on rendering vast, abstract, and often invisible systems perceptible—often by scaling them down to something more sensible while still gesturing toward their magnitude.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026

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