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intelligible

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Adjective
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective intelligible has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

intelligible,  [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."
Syn. -- Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intelligible, adj.
1 (often foll. by to) able to be understood; comprehensible.
2 Philos. able to be understood only by the intellect, not by the senses.

Derivative
intelligibility n. intelligibly adv.
Etymology
L intelligibilis (as INTELLIGENT)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

intelligible

Meaning

N meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, &c 543 prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation, meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit, to that effect, that is to say.

Intelligibility

N intelligibility, clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking, precision, phonanta synetoisy, a word to the wise, 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, graphic, expressive, illustrative, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable, unconfused, legible, recognizable, obvious, in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English, he that runs may read.

Manifestation

N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, 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, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.

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