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
The animating impulse behind Proposition 50 is understandable.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Gary’s desperation throughout the episode is understandable.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Each group had understandable, albeit very different reasons for their respective positions.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
The reasons why some species succeed in a new area as climate changes, and are able to adapt and thrive, are also understandable only by studying many genomes—of the creatures that succeed, as well as the ones that don’t.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Rachel’s anxiety over the situation and the potential implications were understandable and something many Americans in her position would have likely shared.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
O’Neil was in advanced discussions over taking on a second stint in charge in the Midlands in a move that prompted inevitable, predictable and understandable fury in some quarters.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Advertisement To many, including Tim’s former coach and longtime friend Urban Meyer, this both-sidesism seems like understandable pragmatism.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Still not quite right, though understandable.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Gary’s desperation throughout the episode is understandable.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Each group had understandable, albeit very different reasons for their respective positions.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
The reasons why some species succeed in a new area as climate changes, and are able to adapt and thrive, are also understandable only by studying many genomes—of the creatures that succeed, as well as the ones that don’t.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Rachel’s anxiety over the situation and the potential implications were understandable and something many Americans in her position would have likely shared.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
O’Neil was in advanced discussions over taking on a second stint in charge in the Midlands in a move that prompted inevitable, predictable and understandable fury in some quarters.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Advertisement To many, including Tim’s former coach and longtime friend Urban Meyer, this both-sidesism seems like understandable pragmatism.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Still not quite right, though understandable.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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The goal of the app is really to have accessible [dance] training for everybody.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Working alongside veteran actor and festival president Hussein Fahmi, Tarek helps shape an event that is both accessible and ambitious.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
11 Nov. 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 19 Nov. 2025.
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