UNDERSTANDABILITY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

understandability

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Definition of understandability

as in intelligibility

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intelligibility

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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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