readable

Syllables: read·a·ble/ˈɹiː.də.bəl/

readable adjective: legible, possible to read or at least decipher.

Adjective

readable (comparative more readable or (rare, nonstandard) readabler, superlative most readable or (rare, nonstandard) readablest)

(print, etc) Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
- If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!
Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.
- No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!
Synonyms:

legible
Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.
- These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!
- I have been twice at the Museum looking out for Friedrich Books,—that I might examine them a little, and see whether they were worth buying. […] I have got a rather curious new German Book upon Naples and Masaniello (chiefly) whh often made me remember you. To one who knows the streets edifices &c...1852 March 3, Thomas Carlyle, “TC to John A[itken] Carlyle”, in Clyde de L[oache] Ryals, Kenneth J[oshua] Fielding, et al., editors, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle...

வாசிக்கத்தக்க, படித்தற்கினிய

വായിക്കാവുന്ന, വായിക്കാൻ കൊള്ളാവുന്ന, അധ്യയന യോഗ്യ

ಓದಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ಓದಬಲ್ಲ, ಗಮನಸೆಳೆವ, ಸುಲಭಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯವಾದ, ಆಸಕ್ತಿಮೂಡಿಸುವ, ರಂಜಕವಾದ

To one who knows the streets edifices &c the thing may be readabler: I mean to send it you to Scotsbg the day after tomorrow, along with my Mother’s Magazine.1852 March 3, Thomas Carlyle, “TC to John A[itken] Carlyle”, in Clyde de L[oache] Ryals, Kenneth J[oshua] Fielding, et al., editors, The...
After his childhood, which is the readablest part of even the worst autobiography, his attempts to escape from his subject are pitiable.1949, George Bernard Shaw, “My Apology for This Book”, in Sixteen Self Sketches, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 19:
So far as cartoons are concerned these days, nothing—not even sewage works—is sacred, and everything is thereby readabler and believabler.1953 February, American Water Works Association, “Percolation and Runoff”, in Journal, volume 45, number 2, Denver, Colo., →ISSN, →OCLC...
This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:

comparative	more readable
superlative	most readable
comparative (nonstandard, rare)	readabler
superlative (nonstandard, rare)	readablest

From read + -able.

What does readable mean?: Readable means legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
What is readable in Tamil?: Readable in Tamil is வாசிக்கத்தக்க, படித்தற்கினிய. See Readable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use readable in a sentence?: To one who knows the streets edifices &c the thing may be readabler: I mean to send it you to Scotsbg the day after tomorrow, along with my Mother’s Magazine.
What part of speech is readable?: Readable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce readable?: Readable is pronounced /ˈɹiː.də.bəl/.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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