understandable
understandable adjective: capable of being understood; comprehensible.
Adjective
understandable (comparative more understandable, superlative most understandable)
- Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- Synonyms:
- apprehensible
- Antonyms:
- incomprehensible, unfathomable
- Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances; permissible.
- The original branch was 5¾ miles long, from Llantrisant to Cowbridge only, but in 1889, the T.V.R. [Taff Vale Railway] obtained powers […] to continue the line for 6½ miles south to the coast at Aberthaw, ostensibly for the purpose of serving the important limestone works there, but one suspects...1951 December, T. B. Sands, “Some Railway Byways in the Vale of Glamorgan”, in Railway Magazine, page 838
- Synonyms:
- acceptable, excusable
- Antonyms:
- inexcusable, out of bounds, unacceptable
understandable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
understandable in Hindi
- समझने योग्य
understandable in Tamil
- புரிந்துகொள்ளத்தக்கது, புரிந்துகொள்ளக் கூடியது, புரிந்துகொள்ளக்கூடியவை
understandable in Marathi
- समजण्याजोगी, समजण्यायोग्य, समजण्याजोगा
understandable in Urdu
- قابل فہم, سمجھ میں آنےوالا
More languagesFewer languages
- understandable in Bengali
- বোধগম্য
- understandable in Telugu
- అర్థమయ్యేది
- understandable in Malayalam
- മനസ്സിലാക്കാവുന്ന, മനസ്സിലാക്കാൻ പറ്റുന്ന, ഗ്രാഹ്യം, ഗ്രഹണീയ
- understandable in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುವಂಥದ್ದು, ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುವಂತಿದೆ, ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುವಂತಹದ್ದು
- understandable in Punjabi
- ਸਮਝਣ ਯੋਗ
- understandable in Gujarati
- સમજી શકાય તેવું
- understandable in Odia
- ବୋଧଗମ୍ଯ, ବୁଝିବା ଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- understandable in Arabic
- مَفْهُوم mafhūm
Examples of understandable in a sentence
- Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
- It's understandable- we had a horrible plague, followed by two years of COVID!
- It is understandable why the generals should have given it an important role in the invasion.
Synonyms of understandable
Antonyms
Forms of understandable
| comparative | more understandable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most understandable |
Origin of understandable
From Middle English understondable, equivalent to understand + -able.
Words formed from understandable
Questions about understandable
- What does understandable mean?
- Understandable means capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- What is understandable in Hindi?
- Understandable in Hindi is समझने योग्य. See Understandable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is understandable?
- Understandable is an adjective.
Words near understandable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: understandable (page history and authors); understandable (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); understandable (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); understandable (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); understandable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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