intelligible as an adjective: - 1
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intelligible
adjective
1 intelligible
Capable of being apprehended or understood.
synonyms: apprehensible, graspable, perceivable, understandable.
Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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Roget 518:
intelligible;
clear,
clear as day,
clear as noonday;
lucid;
perspicuous,
transpicuous†;
luminous,
transparent.
easily understood,
easy to understand,
for the million,
intelligible to the meanest capacity,
popularized.
plain,
distinct,
explicit;
positive;
definite
etc.
(precise)
494.
graphic;
expressive
etc.
(meaning)
516;
illustrative
etc.
(explanatory)
522.
unambiguous,
unequivocal,
unmistakable
etc.
(manifest)
525;
unconfused;
legible,
recognizable;
obvious
etc.
525.
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Roget 516:
meaning
etc.
v.;
expressive,
suggestive,
allusive;
significant,
significative†,
significatory†;
pithy;
full of meaning,
pregnant with meaning.
declaratory
etc.
535;
intelligible
etc.
518;
literal;
synonymous;
tantamount
etc.
(equivalent)
27;
implied
etc.
(latent)
526;
explicit
etc.
525.
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2 intelligible
Well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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