 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intelligible
adjective
1: capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: {apprehensible},
{graspable}, {perceivable}, {understandable}]
2: well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard
distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation" [ant: {unintelligible}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intelligible \In*tel"li*gi*ble\, [L. intellegibilis: cf. F.
intelligible. See {Intelligent}.]
Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an
intelligible account or description; intelligible
pronunciation, writing, etc.
The intelligible forms of ancient poets. --Coleridge.
Syn: Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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