COMPREHENSIBLE

comprehensible, comprehendible

(adjective) capable of being comprehended or understood; “an idea comprehensible to the average mind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

comprehensible (comparative more comprehensible, superlative most comprehensible)

Able to be comprehended.

Synonyms

• apprehensible, clear, intelligible, understandable; See also comprehensible

Antonyms

• incomprehensible; See also incomprehensible

Source: Wiktionary


Com"pre*hen"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compreéhensible.]

1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised. Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon.

2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind. The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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