What does "intelligible" mean?

Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

How do you pronounce "intelligible"?

Pronounced //ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl//.

Common synonyms include: understandable, allegorical, apprehensible, apprehensible, articulate, associational.

//ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Adjective

1
Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
"Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages."

Adjective

1
capable of being apprehended or understood wordnet
2
well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly wordnet

"The meaning of the words is intelligible."

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

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