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 understandable
Considering how close Canadian fans were to witnessing Ohtani's greatness regularly, their strife and pain are understandable.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Antarctica’s sudden star appeal is understandable.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Huet succeeds in humanizing Daedone, who had an abusive father and a punishing childhood, and whose motivations come to seem understandable, if maniacal.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Those who don’t will probably view it as a cop-out — which is understandable!
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
These feelings are understandable—expected even—as mothers are often emotional anchors for their daughters during this transition period, says Kiana Shelton, LCSW, a licensed therapist with Mindpath Health.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Such resignation is both understandable and impermissible.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
For all that understandable positivity, right-back has become a barometer for Liverpool’s unsettled start to the season.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Part of this is understandable, since there was a time in Earth’s history when the role of dominant primate was up for grabs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Antarctica’s sudden star appeal is understandable.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Huet succeeds in humanizing Daedone, who had an abusive father and a punishing childhood, and whose motivations come to seem understandable, if maniacal.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Those who don’t will probably view it as a cop-out — which is understandable!
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
These feelings are understandable—expected even—as mothers are often emotional anchors for their daughters during this transition period, says Kiana Shelton, LCSW, a licensed therapist with Mindpath Health.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Such resignation is both understandable and impermissible.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
For all that understandable positivity, right-back has become a barometer for Liverpool’s unsettled start to the season.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Part of this is understandable, since there was a time in Earth’s history when the role of dominant primate was up for grabs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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For players, the potential advantages include a much larger accessible library, the combination of local hardware, cloud, and PC options in a single device, and stronger peripheral and mod support typical of Windows.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Five years ago, Olamide Olowe was a college student with $1,000 dollars, a deep understanding of chronic skin conditions, and a vision to make skincare more inclusive and accessible.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The idea is to make worker feedback less intimidating for companies by turning it into easily comprehensible data and action items.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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In the lab, Goldie’s thoughts circled and surrounded the minutiae of analysis and computation, sorted microscopic comparisons, developed overviews that laid out sequences and processes logically and accurately in theories not otherwise comprehensible.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man’s best friend into intelligible speech — a kind of Rosetta Stone of woof.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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The first verse features a rapid-fire, barely intelligible verse from the otherwise unknown qrinceton himself.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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