Synonyms of understandable

understandable

adjective

as in accessible

capable of being understood

with understandable pain and anger, the victim's family lashed out at the convicted murderer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accessible
• comprehensible
• intelligible
• coherent
• legible
• straightforward
• simple
• comprehendible
• fathomable
• graspable
• scrutable
• apprehensible
• articulate
• plain
• decipherable
• fluent
• well-spoken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomprehensible
• incoherent
• inscrutable
• mysterious
• obscure
• insensible
• esoteric
• cryptic
• inarticulate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of understandable

That project needed to be built over railroad tracks, so the delay there is more understandable. — Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Bob Frid / Imagn Images The reaction from around the NHL to Zeev Buium’s eight-year extension is understandable. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

If the case — and the moral and legal questions around it — sounds familiar, that is understandable. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The pressure is understandable, but the consequences are not. — Brian Contos, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

That thought is understandable, especially when cash is tight, and the current setup works alright. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Camille’s self-righteous anger, so understandable yet so misguided, has burned through the screen every week. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Those reactions are understandable, but none are especially useful. — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Even if the rationale behind all of those films are understandable in a vacuum, that recap hardly reads like the story of a blue chip IP. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026