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 There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Most Yiddish literature, and especially that by women, was published in now-scarce journals, or on barely decipherable newsprint. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 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

Out of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet, or any writing system, an identity can be assigned, fixed—and made, if not real, then socially legible and governmentally legal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Have there been cases where a work has become more, as opposed to less, legible?

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of legible

Adjective

The tool relies on a soluble liquid substitute that glows during the reaction, reducing measurement times to minutes and enabling rapid evaluation of large libraries of enzyme variants.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The bacteria in your gut break down soluble fiber, producing beneficial compounds and gases.

— Merve Ceylan, HEALTH, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of soluble

Adjective

My feeling was that a monologue could seem immediate, more enjoyable and readable than a straightforward play with multiple characters, additional stage directions, etc.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The campaign centered on the Tabby bag and introduced a collection of readable book charms.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of readable

Adjective

The future isn’t about replacing human judgment but amplifying it with explainable, verifiable intelligence worthy of trust.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
In a later exchange, Cowdray conceded that much of Opperman’s characterization was on target, if explainable.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of explainable

Adjective

The shape of a Project Runway episode was discernible here — conversations with the designers about their inspirations, an in-depth look at their design process, backstage time at the runway shows — but the execution was Temu level.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
The skins cling like wet T-shirts to the filling beneath, with each plump bundle nearly bursting with big, discernible chunks of shrimp and ground pork.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of discernible

Adjective

Dig a bit deeper, and those four straight first-round defeats are a bit more explicable.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026
That’s the only explicable reason for Australians to be riled up by comments from a guy most American fans can’t pick out of a lineup, whose most productive season came for a club literally named the Rough Riders.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of explicable

Adjective

Of these three films, The Uprising is admittedly the least heist-explicit; Paul Greengrass’s shaky cam mostly follows marching mobs lambasting the king and furious revolts against soldiers and tax collectors.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Styles had begun working in the adult entertainment realm in 2021, garnering more than a million followers of his explicit content across social media and on OnlyFans.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

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