READABILITY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

readability

noun

Definition of readability

as in legibility

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Recent Examples of readability It is also designed to improve readability. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026 Websites today need to be built for machine-first readability, with humans second. — Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Crafting an effective job listing requires preparation, specificity and readability. — Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 This story has been lightly edited and condensed for readability. — Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026 This phone conversation was edited for length, clarity and readability. — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026 Human English contains persistent, if subtle, linguistic patterns of variation and readability. — Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026 The Six-inch diameter elevated platform can hold a mixing bowl or container while still allowing for readability of the display. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026 This technique lets groups look at moving patterns, customer alerts and aggressive actions with advanced readability and consistency. — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026

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Noun

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

Definition of legibility

Noun

What appears to be true, however, is that Flick is prioritizing pace and directness while learning that in modern football, the best teams have several options down the flank to provide support to the likes of Lamine Yamal.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
In a tournament defined by vertical runs, through balls and dinks, Olise has been France’s main conductor, synthesising their high-pressing intensity and directness with creative rhythm.

— Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of directness

Noun

But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.

— Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026
On Monday morning, Starmer, whose resignation has appeared inevitable for some time, delivered the news with his customary straightforwardness.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of straightforwardness

Noun

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
If wrestling is so watchable thanks to its intelligibility—every appearance, utterance, and movement is so extreme that the point of the story cannot be misinterpreted—then the same can be said of many scenarios in KUWTK.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

Definition of intelligibility

Noun

These two realities—of emboldened puritanism and abundant openness—clash in confounding ways.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
Recent reporting suggests Thiel has extended the argument to Pope Leo XIV directly, framing the current pope’s openness to AI regulation as making him—unwittingly—a vehicle for the same dynamic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

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