as in understandable
capable of being understood
a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
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Recent Examples of comprehensible
Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
That’s the novelist within the essayist, who loves a metaphor and senses that a metaphor will tend to be more comprehensible to the general reader than a thousand pages of closely argued Thomas Piketty.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Crosser, going into detail comprehensible only to the network-savvy attendees, laid out all the steps Zoom may go through trying to connect from within a highly secure network.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
That’s the novelist within the essayist, who loves a metaphor and senses that a metaphor will tend to be more comprehensible to the general reader than a thousand pages of closely argued Thomas Piketty.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Crosser, going into detail comprehensible only to the network-savvy attendees, laid out all the steps Zoom may go through trying to connect from within a highly secure network.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprehensible
Adjective
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Richardson admitted frustration is understandable.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The potential for a mixup is understandable given that Niemann is the author of Raising Goats Naturally and the host of the podcast For the Love of Goats.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That declaration puts political clout behind the status quo, where public land remains accessible to those who can buy control of key parcels and hire fancy attorneys.—
Karlee Provenza,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Give them a home with a rotating tray, which will make your collection less chaotic and more accessible.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Comprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensible. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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