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comprehensibility

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of comprehensible language or thought

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: understandability

Antonyms: incomprehensibility

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: legibility, readability, intelligibility, clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity, coherence, coherency

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: comprensibilitat — The property of being understandable
  • Czech: srozumitelnost — The property of being understandable
  • French: compréhensibilité — The property of being understandable
  • German: Verständlichkeit — The property of being understandable
  • Hungarian: érthetőség — The property of being understandable
  • Indonesian: pemahaman — The property of being understandable
  • Italian: comprensibilità — The property of being understandable
  • Māori: mahukitanga — The property of being understandable
  • Polish: zrozumiałość — The property of being understandable
  • Portuguese: compreensibilidade — The property of being understandable
  • Portuguese: inteligibilidade — The property of being understandable
  • Romanian: comprehensibilitate — The property of being understandable
  • Russian: поня́тность (ponjátnostʹ) — The property of being understandable
  • Spanish: comprensibilidad — The property of being understandable
  • Swedish: begriplighet — The property of being understandable
  • Turkish: anlaşılırlık — The property of being understandable
  • Turkish: anlaşılabilirlik — The property of being understandable
  • Ukrainian: зрозумі́лість (zrozumílistʹ) — The property of being understandable