Of the mind, etc.: Endowed the intelligence; intellectual.

Esp. of speech or writing: easily understood; making a strong impression on the mind; striking, effective. Cf. sense A. 15b. Obsolete.

That may be known; capable of being apprehended, understood, or ascertained.

Able to be perceived; perceptible. Able to be perceived by the mind; intelligible, comprehensible.

Capable of being understood; comprehensible, intelligible. Cf. take, v. 75a. Obsolete.

That can be understood; intelligible.

Understandable, conceivable, intelligible.

Understandable, intelligible.

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

Of instructions, a device, etc.: easy to understand or to make use of; simple.

Lying in the same horizontal plane as something else; on a level with. Also figurative, on an equality with; readily accessible or intelligible to.

That can be discerned or perceived by the mind or intellect; = discernible, adj. 2.

That may be received; receivable.

Understandable; = intendible, adj. 1.

That admits of being excogitated. (In quot. 1592 mistake for inexcogitable; the Italian original has inescogitabile.)

figurative. Able to be penetrated, understood, etc., by thought or reasoning; discoverable. Also: able to be affected, susceptible.

That may be grasped. mentally: Conceivable, intelligible.

That can be understood by scrutiny. Chiefly opposed to inscrutable.

Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; discernible, perceptible.

That can be discerned or perceived by the mind or intellect. Cf. discern, v. 1.

figurative. That can be penetrated by the intellect; readily intelligible; transparent; open to examination or scrutiny. Also of a person, etc…

figurative. Comprehensible; intelligible.

Capable of being known; knowable, ascertainable; recognizable.

That may be collected.

Capable of being determined; proper to be determined. Capable of being definitely ascertained (a) as to fact or identity, (b) as to meaning or…

With to; = intelligible, adj. 3. Now rare.

Capable of being, or liable to be, judicially examined or tried; within the jurisdiction of a court of law or the like.

Capable of being apprehended, apprehensible; intelligible. Obsolete. rare.

Capable of being taken in by the mind; comprehensible, intelligible. Const. to. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. That can be laid hold of or grasped by the mind, or dealt with as a fact; that can be realized or shown to have substance; palpable.

Capable of being apprehended or grasped by the senses or intellect; liable to be felt emotionally (obsolete). Const. by, to.

figurative. Strongly marked or emphasized; such as to be clearly, easily, or readily perceived or recognized; conspicuous, prominent; decided…

Comprehensible.

That may be grasped.

Able to be grasped or perceived; comprehensible; perceptible.

Pronounced, emphasized; strongly marked or defined; conspicuous.

Able to be dealt with, understood, taken into consideration, etc.; suitable, tolerable; reasonable, worth considering. Opposed to impossible, adj. 3.

Capable of being received; able to be received.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

In extended use: (of a person, the heart, etc.) having a discernible character or nature; (more generally) decipherable, understandable.

Able to be distinguished.