as in accessible
capable of being understood
with understandable pain and anger, the victim's family lashed out at the convicted murderer
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Recent Examples of understandable
Gabrielle’s feelings for Frida are understandable in theory; the latter approaches her with fresh eyes and few demands, giving her space to be something other than problem solver extraordinaire.
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Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
The legacy of environmental injustice in Gowanus is real, and skepticism is understandable.
—Michelle De La Uz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer sponsored this month’s clarifying bill, which didn’t make substantive changes to the ordinance but broke it into smaller, more understandable pieces.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Hospitals and health systems have understandable concerns, among them liability, reputational damage, and unprofessional behavior.
—Adam Goodcoff, STAT, 13 May 2026
Common programming languages such as Python or Rust, which contain roughly understandable plaintext commands for arithmetic operations, didn’t exist back then.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
And given how much talent is out there, that’s understandable.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
All understandable, but a serious error from the point of view of their own interests.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Osvald Søe, 20, Wilson Eisner, 24, and Kieran Sargeant, 22, have all contributed to a developmental foundation that gives Varas’ club energy, athleticism, upside, and, at times, understandable volatility.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
The legacy of environmental injustice in Gowanus is real, and skepticism is understandable.
—Michelle De La Uz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer sponsored this month’s clarifying bill, which didn’t make substantive changes to the ordinance but broke it into smaller, more understandable pieces.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Hospitals and health systems have understandable concerns, among them liability, reputational damage, and unprofessional behavior.
—Adam Goodcoff, STAT, 13 May 2026
Common programming languages such as Python or Rust, which contain roughly understandable plaintext commands for arithmetic operations, didn’t exist back then.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
And given how much talent is out there, that’s understandable.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
All understandable, but a serious error from the point of view of their own interests.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Osvald Søe, 20, Wilson Eisner, 24, and Kieran Sargeant, 22, have all contributed to a developmental foundation that gives Varas’ club energy, athleticism, upside, and, at times, understandable volatility.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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There are two accessible rooms at the hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Tomato plants forming a dense hedge that is accessible only via the canopy.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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But Turner will be remembered mostly for the creation and development of the Cable News Network – CNN – which launched in 1980 and made our knowledge of distant events instantaneous and our world more comprehensible.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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The San Francisco Chronicle received the award for explanatory reporting, which means work that makes a complex topic comprehensible to everyday readers and viewers.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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The dulcet tones of that thick Irish accent are perfectly intelligible over the phone, THR puts to him.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Tears, a visual representation of something internal, transform the scenario into a far more intelligible meme, or drama, or myth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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