Meanings
comparative more legible · superlative most legible
- Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.
Synonyms: clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable · Antonyms: illegible, unreadable
- Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.
Synonyms: clear, decipherable, readable · Antonyms: unreadable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveClear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
adjectiveWritten or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlegō
- Late Latinlegibilis“that can be read”
- Englishlegible
From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَقْرُوء
- مَقْرُوء (maqrūʔ)clear enough to be read
Basque irakurterraz
- irakurterrazclear enough to be read
Bengali পাঠযোগ্য
- পাঠযোগ্য (paṭhojōggo)clear enough to be read
Bulgarian четлив
- четлив (četliv)clear enough to be read
Catalan llegible
- llegibleclear enough to be read
Chinese Mandarin 可讀的 /可读的
- 可讀的 /可读的clear enough to be read
Czech čitelný
- čitelnýclear enough to be read
Danish læselig, læsbar
- læseligclear enough to be read
- læsbarclear enough to be read
Dutch leesbaar
- leesbaarclear enough to be read
Esperanto legebla
- legeblaclear enough to be read
Finnish luettava, lukukelpoinen
- luettavaclear enough to be read
- lukukelpoinenclear enough to be read
French lisible
- lisibleclear enough to be read
German leserlich
- leserlichclear enough to be read
Greek ευανάγνωστος, αναγνώσιμος
- ευανάγνωστος (evanágnostos)clear enough to be read
- αναγνώσιμος (anagnósimos)clear enough to be read
Hebrew קָרִיא
- קָרִיא (karí)clear enough to be read
Hungarian olvasható, elolvasható
- olvashatóclear enough to be read
- elolvashatóclear enough to be read
- kiolvashatóclear enough to be read
Icelandic læsilegur
- læsilegurclear enough to be read
Irish inléite
- inléiteclear enough to be read
Italian leggibile
- leggibileclear enough to be read
Japanese 読める, 読みやすい
- 読める (yomeru)clear enough to be read
- 読みやすい (yomiyasui)clear enough to be read
- 可読 (kadoku)clear enough to be read
Polish czytelny
- czytelnyclear enough to be read
Portuguese legível
- legívelclear enough to be read
Romanian lizibil, citeț
- lizibilclear enough to be read
- citețclear enough to be read
- delușitclear enough to be read
- descifrabilclear enough to be read
Russian разбо́рчивый, удобочита́емый
- разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj)clear enough to be read
- удобочита́емый (udobočitájemyj)clear enough to be read
Spanish legible, leíble
- legibleclear enough to be read
- leíbleclear enough to be read
Swedish läslig, läsbar
- läsligclear enough to be read
- läsbarclear enough to be read
Tamil படிக்கக்கூடிய
- படிக்கக்கூடிய (paṭikkakkūṭiya)clear enough to be read
Turkish okunaklı, okunabilir
- okunaklıclear enough to be read
- okunabilirclear enough to be read
Ukrainian розбі́рливий, читабельний
- розбі́рливий (rozbírlyvyj)clear enough to be read
- читабельний (čytabelʹnyj)clear enough to be read
Vietnamese dễ đọc
- dễ đọcclear enough to be read
Yiddish לייענעוודיק
- לייענעוודיק (leyenevdik)clear enough to be read
Cite this entry
legible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legible
“legible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legible.
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