apprehensible

adjective

ˌa-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl How to pronounce apprehensible (audio)
Definition of apprehensiblenext
1
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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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensible
  1. distinguishable
  2. understandable
  3. audible
  4. accessible
  5. appreciable
  6. comprehensible
  7. perceptible
Adjective
  • The security guards, who were employed by Akima Global Services, were distinguishable by the color of their shirts.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Keepseagle is distinguishable because that settlement involved funds paid to members of a class action.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of distinguishable
Adjective
  • The objective — to force more value addition to happen at home — is understandable.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • There was an outpouring of support from Hollywood, including multiple memorials, but the family has kept a very low profile since the tragedy, which is more than understandable.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 July 2026
Definition of understandable
Adjective
  • The propeller still makes an audible whir that gives the drone away even when the eye can't, and its support wires and rods remain partly visible.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
  • The result of that rapid expansion and collapse is thunder, the audible shockwave that comes from a lightning strike.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of audible
Adjective
  • The majority of the hotel is accessible via elevators and ramps, but there are a handful of split levels because of the historic nature of the property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
  • Accessibility The hotel’s nine accessible rooms and suites include wheelchair-accessible doors and showers and lowered light switches, peepholes, and toilets.
    — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Definition of accessible
Adjective
  • 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
  • With the exceptions of Stowe and Radcliffe, few women writers receive any appreciable treatment in Fiedler’s book.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of appreciable
Adjective
  • That makes for much more comprehensible statements and better budgeting.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
  • Editorially, the biggest challenge was giving the film a coherent throughline that interpreted the events for audiences in a comprehensible and entertaining way.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 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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“Apprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensible. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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