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understandable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apprehensible

Antonyms: incomprehensible, unfathomable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances; permissible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acceptable, excusable

Antonyms: inexcusable, out of bounds, unacceptable

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

capable of being apprehended or understood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English understondable, equivalent to understand + -able.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kuptueshëm — capable of being understood
  • Arabic: مَفْهُوم (mafhūm) — capable of being understood
  • Armenian: հասկանալի (haskanali) — capable of being understood
  • Belarusian: зразуме́лы (zrazumjély) — capable of being understood
  • Bulgarian: разбира́ем (razbiráem) — capable of being understood
  • Catalan: comprensible — capable of being understood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可懂的 (kědǒng de) — capable of being understood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可以理解的 (kěyǐ lǐjiě de) — capable of being understood
  • Czech: pochopitelný — capable of being understood
  • Czech: srozumitelný — capable of being understood
  • Danish: forståelig — capable of being understood
  • Danish: begribelig — capable of being understood
  • Dutch: begrijpelijk — capable of being understood
  • Esperanto: komprenebla — capable of being understood
  • Finnish: ymmärrettävä — capable of being understood
  • French: compréhensible — capable of being understood
  • French: comprenable — capable of being understood
  • German: verständlich — capable of being understood
  • German: begreifbar — capable of being understood
  • Hungarian: érthető — capable of being understood
  • Icelandic: skiljanlegur — capable of being understood
  • Icelandic: skilmerkilegur — capable of being understood
  • Irish: sothuigthe — capable of being understood
  • Irish: intuigthe — capable of being understood
  • Italian: comprensibile — capable of being understood
  • Japanese: 理解できる (rikai dekiru) — capable of being understood
  • Korean: 이해할 수 있다 (ihaehal su itda) — capable of being understood
  • Macedonian: разбирлив (razbirliv) — capable of being understood
  • Manx: so-hoiggal — capable of being understood
  • Mokilese: woahwoa — capable of being understood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forståelig — capable of being understood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: begripelig — capable of being understood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lettfattelig — capable of being understood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forståeleg — capable of being understood
  • Polish: zrozumiały — capable of being understood
  • Portuguese: compreensível — capable of being understood
  • Portuguese: entendível — capable of being understood
  • Romanian: de înțeles — capable of being understood
  • Russian: поня́тный (ponjátnyj) — capable of being understood
  • Northern Sami: áddehahtti — capable of being understood
  • Serbo-Croatian: разу̀мљив — capable of being understood
  • Serbo-Croatian: razùmljiv — capable of being understood
  • Slovak: pochopiteľný — capable of being understood
  • Slovak: zrozumiteľný — capable of being understood
  • Slovene: razumljiv — capable of being understood
  • Spanish: entendible — capable of being understood
  • Swedish: förståelig — capable of being understood
  • Turkish: anlaşılabilir — capable of being understood
  • Turkish: kavranabilir — capable of being understood
  • Turkish: kavranılabilir — capable of being understood
  • Ukrainian: зрозумі́лий (zrozumílyj) — capable of being understood
  • Zyphe: fiang — capable of being understood
  • Armenian: հասկանալի (haskanali) — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Catalan: comprensible — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Finnish: ymmärrettävä — capable of being accepted or excused
  • German: verständlich — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: érthető — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: méltányolható — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: elfogadható — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: tekintetbe vehető — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: elnézhető — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Hungarian: megbocsátható — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Italian: perdonabile — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Italian: comprensibile — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forståelig — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilgivelig — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Portuguese: compreensível — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Russian: прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) — capable of being accepted or excused
  • Swedish: förståelig — capable of being accepted or excused
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