Definitions for: Comprehensible

[adj] readily comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"
[adj] (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended
[adj] capable of being understood or interpreted; "a comprehensible experience"

Webster (1913) Definition: Com"pre*hen"si*ble, a. [L. comprehensibilis:
cf. F. compre['e]hensible.]
1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not
comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads
of it. --Bacon.

2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by
the mind.

The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is
and what is not comprehensible by us. --Locke.

Synonyms: accessible, apprehensible, approachable, cognisable, cognizable, comprehendible, graspable, intelligible, knowable, meaningful, perceivable, understandable

Antonyms: fathomless, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, unfathomable

See Also: clear, comprehensible, explicable, fathomable

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