Meanings
plural legibilities
- countableuncountableThe property of being legible or easily readable.
The legibility of this text is questionable: half the people asked said it was almost illegible, but the other half said it was easy to read.
1 more example
The legibility of a type-face is very largely dependent on the absence of similarity between those characters of pairs or triplets which are the most easily mistaken for one another.
1922, Lucien Alphonse Legros, A Note on the Legibility of Printed MatterSynonyms: readability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being legible or easily readable.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian четливост
- четливост (četlivost)property of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Catalan llegibilitat
- llegibilitatproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Czech čitelnost
- čitelnostproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Dutch leesbaarheid
- leesbaarheidproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Finnish luettavuus
- luettavuusproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
French lisibilité
- lisibilitéproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
German Lesbarkeit
- Lesbarkeitproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Hungarian olvashatóság
- olvashatóságproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Norwegian Bokmål leselighet
- leselighetproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Portuguese legibilidade
- legibilidadeproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Romanian legibilitate
- legibilitateproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Russian разборчивость
- разборчивость (razborčivostʹ)property of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Spanish legibilidad
- legibilidadproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Swedish läsbarhet
- läsbarhetproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Turkish okunaklılık
- okunaklılıkproperty of being legible or easily readable — see also readability
Cite this entry
legibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legibility
“legibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legibility.
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