Intelligible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intelligible \In*tel"li*gi*ble\, [L. intellegibilis: cf. F.
     intelligible. See {Intelligent}.]
     Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an
     intelligible account or description; intelligible
     pronunciation, writing, etc.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The intelligible forms of ancient poets. --Coleridge.
  
     Syn: Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intelligible
       adj 1: capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: {apprehensible},
               {graspable}, {perceivable}, {understandable}]
       2: well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard
          distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation" [ant: {unintelligible}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "intelligible":
     allegorical, apprehensible, articulate, associational, clear,
     cognizable, comprehensible, connotational, connotative,
     decipherable, definable, denotational, denotative,
     easily understood, easy to understand, exoteric, expressive,
     extended, extensional, fathomable, figurative, full of meaning,
     full of point, full of substance, graspable, indicative,
     intensional, interpretable, knowable, legible, lucid, luminous,
     meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, penetrable, pithy, plain,
     plumbable, pointed, pregnant, prehensible, readable, referential,
     scrutable, sententious, significant, significative, substantial,
     suggestive, symbolic, transferred, unambiguous, understandable