comprehensible

1. 1.

   capable of being comprehended or understood

   “an idea comprehensible to the average mind”

   Synonymscomprehendible

   Antonymsincomprehensible

   Similaraccessibleapprehensiblefathomable

Questions about comprehensible

What does comprehensible mean?

comprehensible means "capable of being comprehended or understood".

How many syllables are in comprehensible?

comprehensible has 5 syllables: com-pre-hen-si-ble. The stress falls on "hen". In IPA it is /ˌkɑmpɹiˈhɛnsəbəl/.

What is another word for comprehensible?

Close synonyms include comprehendible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of comprehensible?

The recorded antonyms are incomprehensible.

Is comprehensible a common word?

comprehensible is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with comprehensible?

1 word rhymes with comprehensible. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.