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comprehensible

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of comprehensible

capable of being understood
  • a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
Synonyms of comprehensible

accessible, apprehensible, coherent, comprehendible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, legible, scrutable, understandable
Words Related to comprehensible

decipherable

plain, simple, straightforward

articulate, fluent, well-spoken
Near Antonyms of comprehensible

inarticulate

cryptic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure
Antonyms of comprehensible

incoherent, incomprehensible, inscrutable, insensible

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