KNOWABLE Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

knowable

adjective

Definition of knowable

as in intelligible

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Recent Examples of knowable Mathematicians spend most of their time thinking about what’s knowable. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026 In a letter obtained by CNBC, the league outlines examples of event contracts that could be easily manipulable by a single person, inherently objectionable, related to officiating and knowable in advance — and asks that operators refrain from offering such trades. — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Our own inner cosmos of intentions, beliefs, and dreams is knowable only to ourselves. — Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026 The characters come to life as knowable and believable human beings. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knowable

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Adjective

Yet the jury’s inability to arrive at a verdict makes plain that a careful evaluation of the facts does not yield an easily intelligible conclusion.

— Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
The linchpin is the mysterious, barely intelligible Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), who happens to be the eponymous fifth (and most pivotal) element.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of intelligible

Adjective

Without more straightforward approaches from vendors, such as easily comprehensible privacy policies and avoiding inappropriate ads, monitors are dangerously encroaching into smart-TV-like territory.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
In fact, the film’s story would still be comprehensible if its few subtitles were removed (one of Murnau’s earlier silents — 1924’s The Last Laugh — has no titles whatsoever).

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026

Definition of comprehensible

Adjective

Apple and OpenAI may move to dismiss, arguing the complaint fails to plead a coherent market, a cognizable agreement to restrain trade, or non-speculative consumer harm.

— Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Even with Klayman not meeting the $30,000 threshold, Delgado could have recognized jurisdiction if Klayman stated a cognizable claim.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2024

Definition of cognizable

Adjective

In a superficial sense, the world is more graspable and predictable than ever.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
In many cases, someone else did it first, someone else did it better, and the lack of graspable depth from the plot means the album lacks real stakes.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026

Definition of graspable

Adjective

Even when those messages seem obvious or your child already knows them, saying them out loud anyway could help reinforce that their worth was never actually in question.

— Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
The most obvious cri de coeur would be for the struggling family farm or animal welfare, but Karen Espersen and Dave Bilinski, the farm’s co-owners, made a surprising appeal to health science.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of obvious

Adjective

Two years later, as massive success seemed like the Eagles’ manifest destiny, that tandem cut their bandmates out of a publishing deal, setting themselves up with a never-ending sinecure but setting their original quartet up to crumble.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
The books’ capacious geography felt like a girlish form of manifest destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of manifest

Adjective

But body temperature, the authors note, is not an unambiguous indicator of metabolism.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026
Discipline campaigns offer unambiguous carrots and sticks, including leniency for cadres who show the right attitude and professional purgatory, even exile, for those who do not.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

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