Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
[formal]
He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.
Synonyms: understandable, clear, plain, explicit More Synonyms of comprehensible
comprehensible in British English
(ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl)
adjective
capable of being comprehended
Derived forms
comprehensibility (ˌcompreˌhensiˈbility) or comprehensibleness (ˌcompreˈhensibleness)
noun
comprehensibly (ˌcompreˈhensibly)
adverb
comprehensible in American English
(ˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsəbəl)
adjective
that can be comprehended; intelligible
Derived forms
comprehensibility (ˌcompreˌhensiˈbility)
noun
comprehensibly (ˌcompreˈhensibly)
adverb
Word origin
L comprehensibilis
Examples of 'comprehensible' in a sentence
comprehensible
The behaviour of humans is not remotely akin to the passage through time and space of mere objects, entirely comprehensible through the laws of physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He steps outside his own skin and makes other lives comprehensible to the rest of us.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He clearly struggles to make himself comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Both pledged to simplify the excruciatingly complex world of insurance accounting and make it more comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Have a business model that is easily comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The suspicion with which regular army officers were regarded by the forces of the left was entirely comprehensible.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
But it is important that you find ways to make it more comprehensible and really make it fun and relevant.
Aiken, Nick Working with Teenagers (1994)
More important, survivors become comprehensible to themselves.
Herman, Judith Lewis Trauma and Recovery (1992)
To make matters worse, most terms are barely comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These men's idealism has a happy simplicity barely comprehensible to the young today.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
It hardly mattered - it was still barely comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Again, thinking about learning disabilities in terms of the elements of good information processing makes them more comprehensible.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
I can't see how he could possibly render it in a more economical and readily comprehensible way.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If the policy was transparent and readily comprehensible, so the argument ran, then this would reduce uncertainty about future inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Treatments can aim to explore these with the individual (and sometimes his or her partner) so that the problems become more comprehensible.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
(adjective)
He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.
Synonyms
understandable
He writes in a simple and understandable way.
clear
The book is clear, readable and amply illustrated.
plain
It was plain to me that he was lying.
explicit
He left explicit instructions on how to set the alarm.
coherent
She's so calm when she speaks in public. I wish I could be that coherent.
user-friendly
intelligible
She moaned faintly but made no intelligible response.
graspable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of clear
Definition
perceptive; alert
The book is clear, readable and amply illustrated.
Synonyms
comprehensible,
explicit,
articulate,
understandable,
coherent,
lucid,
user-friendly,
intelligible
in the sense of coherent
Definition
capable of intelligible speech
She's so calm when she speaks in public. I wish I could be that coherent.
Synonyms
articulate,
lucid,
comprehensible,
intelligible
in the sense of explicit
Definition
precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to implication
He left explicit instructions on how to set the alarm.