Meanings
comparative more explainable · superlative most explainable
- Able to be explained or understood
Synonyms: explicable, accountable, explicatable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to be explained or understood
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being understood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexplanō“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”
- Englishexplainable
From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).
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explainable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explainable
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