DECIPHERABLE Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

decipherable

adjective

Definition of decipherable

as in analyzable

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as in legible

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Recent Examples of decipherable Hardly decipherable, but the syllables tugged at the corner of my mind. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Avoid objectionable language, also known as any word or phrase that is readily decipherable. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026 As Sportico has detailed, many of these cases have come up short, including because courts have found the VPPA concerns information that would be decipherable to an ordinary person—like a list of videos someone watched—whereas interpretation of cookies requires technology and expertise. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The luxury of listening to recordings is that an opera need not have a decipherable plot or a plausible setting to give pleasure. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipherable

Adjective

This book isolated and made analyzable things which had heretofore floated along unnoticed in the broad stream of perception.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
At its core, this strategy uses AI to turn buyer–seller interactions into structured, analyzable data.

— Seth Marrs, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of analyzable

Adjective

The bronze doors look as if they’ve been slashed to reveal mysterious innards, revealing a geometric pattern that looks almost legible, like a sci-fi language.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026
Throughout the early 1960s, under the direction of Noyes, IBM was busily visualizing the coming information age, seeking to give computers a cultural form that would be legible to the public.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of legible

Adjective

The company says its indigo process uses soluble precursors that oxidize into insoluble pigment within the textile, avoiding the chemical reduction step used in conventional indigo dyeing.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
This reaction converts the silicon into soluble silicates, leaving behind tiny pits across the surface.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of soluble

Adjective

The study measured behaviour, not brain activity, and REM-like movements aren’t a readable account of what, if anything, an animal experiences.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
The Abu Dhabi government is also working with OpenAI to make some of its policies readable by AI agents.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of readable

Adjective

Documenting which children grew sickest and following an illness from house to house was a method aimed at articulating an explainable pattern.

— Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
Its materials describe every decision as traceable and explainable, with the same file yielding the same answer.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of explainable

Adjective

And while our skyline is the better for that, there’s no clear direction discernable now.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
High-performing offices exceeded their monthly goals, while low-performing offices missed them, with no discernible changes.

— Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of discernible

Adjective

To be fair, according to Freddie this is actually explicable, based on an apple wine recipe Booker used to make using apples, bourbon barrels, and cinnamon.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026
Dig a bit deeper, and those four straight first-round defeats are a bit more explicable.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of explicable

Adjective

Now, explicit calls for civil war or posts calling to prepare for the coming fight are on the rise on social media, experts say, especially in the lead up to and days after the midterms.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Believe in children’s ability to understand Without explicit conversations and learning about race and racial inequities, children can believe stereotypes, cause harm to others and make false assumptions about what causes inequality.

— Saba Khan Vlach, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2026

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