Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being understood; intelligible: Describes something that can be grasped by the mind or understood. It implies that the information, concept, or idea is presented in a way that makes sense to a person.

Usage

• The word "comprehendible" is used to describe information, explanations, concepts, or language that is clear enough to be understood. It is often used in more formal or academic contexts than its more common synonym "understandable."
• It typically follows a linking verb like "is," "seems," or "makes" or comes before a noun it modifies.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The professor's lecture on quantum physics was surprisingly comprehendible to the first-year students.
  • She translated the complex legal document into comprehendible language for her client.
  • The instructions were not comprehendible without the accompanying diagram.

Advanced Usage

• "rendered comprehendible": Made understandable through explanation or simplification.
  • The technical data was rendered comprehendible by the detailed infographic.
• Used to discuss the accessibility of abstract or specialized knowledge.
  • A key goal of science communication is to make research findings comprehendible to the public.

Variants and Related Words

• Comprehensible (adj): This is the far more common and preferred form, identical in meaning to "comprehendible." "Comprehensible" is standard in modern English.
  • His accent made his speech barely comprehensible.
• Comprehend (v): To understand or grasp the meaning of something.
  • It was difficult to comprehend the scale of the disaster.
• Comprehension (n): The act or ability of understanding.
  • The test measures reading comprehension.

Synonyms

• Understandable: Able to be understood.
• Intelligible: Able to be understood, clear.
• Accessible: Easy to understand or approach.
• Graspable: Capable of being grasped mentally.

Antonyms

• Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
• Unintelligible: Not able to be understood.
• Inscrutable: Impossible to understand or interpret.

Adjective

1. capable of being comprehended or understood
   • an idea comprehensible to the average mind