as in accessible
capable of being understood
with understandable pain and anger, the victim's family lashed out at the convicted murderer
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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The aircraft, built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, is from a time when air travel became more accessible to people.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025 -
Spectrum Internet pros and cons Spectrum outpaces AT&T in the following categories: Pros: Availability: Spectrum WiFi is accessible in 41 states and covers 29% of the U.S., according to the FCC, compared to AT&T Fiber’s 21-state coverage and 11% nationwide accessibility.—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Election officials, civil society groups and researchers can teach how audits work, host open-source verification demonstrations and ensure that high-tech electoral processes are comprehensible to voters.—
Bruce Schneier,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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In this quest, the reader often finds that through the understanding of the fictional, the real becomes more comprehensible.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Many recipients become adept at interpreting the electrodes’ signals as intelligible sounds, especially if the implantation is done in infancy, but others struggle.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Clear, intelligible, physical consequences for success or failure in combat are crucial to building effective battle sequences, and Wheel comfortably passes that test this week.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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