Meanings
comparative more intelligible · superlative most intelligible
- Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
2 more examples
Thus the murderer is thought to have poisoned the sources of life and thereby jeopardized the supply of food for himself, and perhaps for others. On this view it is intelligible that a homicide should be shunned and banished the country, to which his presence is a continual menace.
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 80NBA superstar LeBron James is talking politics again, and this time it’s R-rated. Here’s his barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump, in a new ESPN podcast.
2018 February 15, Laura Ingraham, The Ingraham Angle, via FOX NewsSynonyms: understandable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being understood; clear to the mind.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being apprehended or understood
adjectivewell articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintelligibilis
- Middle Frenchintelligible
- Englishintelligible
From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بائِن, بَيّن
- بائِن (bāʔin)capable of being understood
- بَيّنcapable of being understood
- مُبِين (mubīn)capable of being understood
- مُتّضِحcapable of being understood
- مُتَجَلٍ (mutajalin)capable of being understood
- وَضّاح (waḍḍāḥ)capable of being understood
Bulgarian разбираем, понятен
- разбираем (razbiraem)capable of being understood
- понятен (ponjaten)capable of being understood
Catalan intel·ligible
- intel·ligiblecapable of being understood
Chinese Mandarin 可理解的
- 可理解的 (kělǐjiě de)capable of being understood
Czech srozumitelný
- srozumitelnýcapable of being understood
Dutch verstaanbaar, begrijpelijk
- verstaanbaarcapable of being understood
- begrijpelijkcapable of being understood
Esperanto komprenebla
- kompreneblacapable of being understood
Estonian arusaadav
- arusaadavcapable of being understood
Finnish ymmärrettävä
- ymmärrettäväcapable of being understood
French intelligible
- intelligiblecapable of being understood
German einleuchtend, verständlich
- einleuchtendcapable of being understood
- verständlichcapable of being understood
Greek νοητός, καταληπτός
- νοητός (noïtós)capable of being understood
- καταληπτός (kataliptós)capable of being understood
Irish sothuigthe, intuigthe
- sothuigthecapable of being understood
- intuigthecapable of being understood
Italian intelligibile
- intelligibilecapable of being understood
Korean 이해할 수 있는
- 이해할 수 있는 (ihaehal su inneun)capable of being understood
Norwegian forståelig
- forståeligcapable of being understood
Persian مفهوم
- مفهوم (mafhum)capable of being understood
Polish zrozumiały
- zrozumiałycapable of being understood
Portuguese inteligível
- inteligívelcapable of being understood
Romanian inteligibil
- inteligibilcapable of being understood
Russian вразуми́тельный, поня́тный
- вразуми́тельный (vrazumítelʹnyj)capable of being understood
- поня́тный (ponjátnyj)capable of being understood
- умопостига́емый (umopostigájemyj)capable of being understood
Spanish inteligible
- inteligiblecapable of being understood
Swedish begriplig
- begripligcapable of being understood
Turkish açık, anlaşılır
- açıkcapable of being understood
- anlaşılırcapable of being understood
- idrâk edilebilircapable of being understood
- anlaşılabilircapable of being understood
Cite this entry
intelligible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligible
“intelligible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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