Synonyms of legible

legible

adjective

ˈle-jə-bəl 

as in understandable

capable of being understood

an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understandable
• accessible
• comprehensible
• intelligible
• coherent
• comprehendible
• graspable
• scrutable
• apprehensible
• fathomable
• decipherable
• simple
• straightforward
• articulate
• plain
• fluent
• well-spoken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomprehensible
• incoherent
• obscure
• inscrutable
• mysterious
• insensible
• cryptic
• esoteric
• inarticulate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of legible

What TrustCare Med is proposing is that the next stage of its growth depends less on adding destinations and more on making the ones patients already choose legible enough to trust. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

The rise of major metropolitan centers around the world, for example, brought with it Baudelaire’s flâneur just as transcontinental railroads made narrative skips in space and time more legible. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

And making hidden depths legible on the surface is some of what Pugh does best. — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 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