Synonyms of explicable

explicable

adjective

ek-ˈspli-kə-bəl 

as in explainable

capable of having the reason for or cause of determined

the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explainable
• resolvable
• answerable
• feasible
• soluble
• solvable
• analyzable
• workable
• decipherable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inexplicable
• insoluble
• unexplainable
• difficult
• hopeless
• unsolvable
• impossible
• inextricable
• unresolvable
• knotty
• insolvable
• insuperable
• absurd
• ridiculous
• preposterous
• outlandish
• fantastic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of explicable

De Minaur against Sinner sits in that horrendous but explicable category. — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025

Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025

Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

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