adjective
comprehensible
kahm-prih-HEN-suh-bul/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhensəbl/
Able to be understood.
Her simple diagrams make the complicated process comprehensible to everyone.
Etymology
With com- probably meaning “completely” here, the image is of seizing or taking something in. Applied to the mind, that grasp becomes understanding: something comprehensible can be mentally grasped.
In context
she began to kiss me a new and this silent language was so comprehensible so convincing and it told me more than I dare to understand
More examples
- The instructions are comprehensible even to a beginner.
- A concrete example makes his argument more comprehensible.
- Through the crackling speaker, her words are barely comprehensible.
Forms
comprehensible · more comprehensible · most comprehensible
comprehensibility noun — The quality of being understandable.
comprehensibly adverb — In a way that can be understood.
Similar words
- understandable
- Also describes feelings or actions that seem reasonable.
- intelligible
- Often emphasizes whether speech or writing can be understood.
- clear
- Emphasizes freedom from confusion or ambiguity, not merely understandability.