intelligible
/ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/
intelligible adjective: capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
Adjective
intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)
- Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
- Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
- That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- understandable
intelligible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intelligible in Hindi
- intelligible, coherent, able to be understood
- सुबोध subodh
intelligible in Tamil
- புரியக்கூடிய, விளக்கமான, புரிந்து கொள்ளும் வகையில், அறிவுத்திறம் வாய்ந்த
intelligible in Marathi
- intelligible, coherent, comprehensible
- सुबोध subodh
intelligible in Urdu
- عام فہم
More languagesFewer languages
- intelligible in Bengali
- সুস্পষ্ট, বোধগম্য
- intelligible in Malayalam
- സുഗ്രാഹ്യമായ, സ്പഷ്ടമായ, സുവ്യക്തമായ, മനസ്സിലാക്കാവുന്ന
- intelligible in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಯಬಲ್ಲ, ತಿಳಿಯಾದ, ಹುರುಳರಿವ
- intelligible in Sanskrit
- सुबोध subodhá
- intelligible in Arabic
- بائِن bāʔin, بَيّن, مُبِين mubīn, مُتّضِح
- intelligible in Persian
- مفهوم mafhum
Examples of intelligible in a sentence
- He stood there speechlessly. The surprise had rendered him unable to make an intelligible reply.
- This is also how the role of technoselves in contemporary life becomes intelligible.
- It holds that everything is rationally intelligible only so far as it instantiates mathematical rules and ratios.
Synonyms of intelligible
Antonyms
Forms of intelligible
| comparative | more intelligible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most intelligible |
Origin of intelligible
From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.
Words formed from intelligible
Questions about intelligible
- What does intelligible mean?
- Intelligible means capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
- What is intelligible in Hindi?
- Intelligible in Hindi is सुबोध (subodh). See Intelligible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intelligible?
- Intelligible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce intelligible?
- Intelligible is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/ (US).
Words near intelligible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intelligible (page history and authors); सुबोध (Hindi) (page history and authors); intelligible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सुबोध (Marathi) (page history and authors); intelligible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intelligible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intelligible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intelligible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सुबोध (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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