comprehensible.

Capable of being understood by the relevant reader or listener.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• comprehensible explanation
• comprehensible to a reader

On the page

The explanation was comprehensible without pretending that the issue was simple.

The diagram became comprehensible to a new reader after its symbols were defined.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more comprehensible; superlative most comprehensible where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.