explicable
/'eksplikəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being explained or made understandable: Describes something that can be understood, clarified, or accounted for with reasons or evidence.
- Able to be interpreted or justified: Indicates that a phenomenon, action, or event has a logical or reasonable cause that can be articulated.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The sudden drop in temperature is explicable by the arrival of a cold front.
- Her anger was completely explicable given the circumstances.
- Scientists seek to make natural phenomena explicable through research.
Advanced Usage
- "perfectly explicable": completely understandable or justifiable.
- His hesitation was perfectly explicable; he had never faced such a difficult choice before.
- "readily explicable": easily explained or understood.
- The basic principles of the theory are readily explicable to students.
Variants and Related Words
- Explicate (verb): To analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail; to explain thoroughly.
- The philosopher sought to explicate the concept of justice.
- Inexplicable (adjective): Incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for.
- The inexplicable disappearance of the artifact puzzled everyone.
Synonyms
- Explainable: Able to be made clear or intelligible.
- Understandable: Capable of being comprehended.
- Accountable: Capable of being explained or justified (in the sense of giving reasons).
Antonyms
- Inexplicable: Impossible to explain.
- Unfathomable: Incapable of being fully understood.
- Mysterious: Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
Related Phrases
- "Render explicable": To make something understandable or able to be explained.
- The new evidence helped to render the suspect's actions explicable.
Adjective
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capable of being explicated or accounted for
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explicable behavior
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