LEGIBILITY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

legibility

noun

Definition of legibility

as in readability

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Recent Examples of legibility Public art should be evaluated for conviction, intelligence, durability, legibility, site-responsiveness, force, and relation to the public. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026 Major software overhauls, like the polarizing Liquid Glass iOS redesign, faced sharp criticism over legibility and performance. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 To help out with that legibility, the hour and minutes hands are coated in Super-LumiNova, alongside touches of white lacquer in the 30-minute counter and the small second hand. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 That’s appreciable, and propelling this Winter’s Tale’s legibility is a cast full of undeniably excellent actors. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 Just below, the most ambiguous passage of the work refuses legibility altogether, blending the whites and grays of the child’s shirt with the tones of her fingers and the blue fabric of the chair behind them. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 The judging criteria balanced overall attractiveness and legibility for law enforcement. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Grover is candid that Nomono doesn't lead its pitch with the AI-legibility argument. — Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness. — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026

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This is not about manipulating AI systems, nor should communications teams sacrifice originality in pursuit of machine readability.

— Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
An Advanced Grammar Checker cleans up grammar, clarity, and readability in the same workspace, turning a rough first pass into publication-ready copy without bouncing between separate apps.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of readability

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By contrast, fashionable abstraction may refuse beauty, intelligibility, or civic meaning, yet remain thin and dependent on institutional explanation.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
What that translates to for audiences is better intelligibility — words that land rather than wash — and a cleaner overall mix, because the engineer is no longer spending mental and technical energy fighting unwanted signal at the source.

— Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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