Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.
Source: tatoeba (1216754)
Legible
//ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl//
Synonyms for "legible" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَقْرُوء adj (clear enough to be read)
Armenian
1 entries- ընթեռնելի adj (clear enough to be read)
Asturian
1 entries- lleíble adj (clear enough to be read)
Basque
1 entries- irakurterraz adj (clear enough to be read)
Bulgarian
1 entries- четлив adj (clear enough to be read)
Catalan
1 entries- llegible adj (clear enough to be read)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可讀的 /可读的 adj (clear enough to be read)
Czech
1 entries- čitelný adj (clear enough to be read)
Danish
2 entries- læsbar adj (clear enough to be read)
- læselig adj (clear enough to be read)
Dutch
1 entries- leesbaar adj (clear enough to be read)
Esperanto
1 entries- legebla adj (clear enough to be read)
Finnish
2 entries- luettava adj (clear enough to be read)
- lukukelpoinen adj (clear enough to be read)
French
1 entries- lisible adj (clear enough to be read)
Galician
2 entries- lexible adj (clear enough to be read)
- lexíbel adj (clear enough to be read)
German
1 entries- leserlich adj (clear enough to be read)
Greek
2 entries- αναγνώσιμος adj (clear enough to be read)
- ευανάγνωστος adj (clear enough to be read)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָרִיא adj (clear enough to be read)
Hungarian
3 entries- elolvasható adj (clear enough to be read)
- kiolvasható adj (clear enough to be read)
- olvasható adj (clear enough to be read)
Icelandic
1 entries- læsilegur adj (clear enough to be read)
Ido
1 entries- lektebla adj (clear enough to be read)
Interlingua
1 entries- legible adj (clear enough to be read)
Irish
1 entries- inléite adj (clear enough to be read)
Italian
1 entries- leggibile adj (clear enough to be read)
Japanese
3 entries- 可読 adj (clear enough to be read)
- 読みやすい adj (clear enough to be read)
- 読める adj (clear enough to be read)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- lieserlech adj (clear enough to be read)
Manx
3 entries- lhaihagh adj (clear enough to be read)
- lhaihoil adj (clear enough to be read)
- so-lhaih adj (clear enough to be read)
Occitan
1 entries- legible adj (clear enough to be read)
Polish
1 entries- czytelny adj (clear enough to be read)
Portuguese
1 entries- legível adj (clear enough to be read)
Romanian
4 entries- citeț adj (clear enough to be read)
- delușit adj (clear enough to be read)
- descifrabil adj (clear enough to be read)
- lizibil adj (clear enough to be read)
Russian
2 entries- разбо́рчивый adj (clear enough to be read)
- удобочита́емый adj (clear enough to be read)
Spanish
1 entries- legible adj (clear enough to be read)
Swedish
2 entries- läsbar adj (clear enough to be read)
- läslig adj (clear enough to be read)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཀློག་བདེ་པོ adj (clear enough to be read)
Turkish
1 entries- okunaklı adj (clear enough to be read)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розбі́рливий adj (clear enough to be read)
- читабельний adj (clear enough to be read)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dễ đọc adj (clear enough to be read)
Yiddish
1 entries- לייענעוודיק adj (clear enough to be read)
Zyphe
1 entries- fiang adj (clear enough to be read)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'm trying to make my handwriting more legible.
Source: tatoeba (6035799)
That's a squiggle, not legible handwriting.
Source: tatoeba (8928714)
Her handwriting is pretty and legible.
Source: tatoeba (9966168)
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