understandable
/ʌndəˈstandəbl
/adjective
1Able to be understood: though his accent was strange, the words were perfectly understandable...
- She is able to explain the more arcane bits of theology in a very clear and understandable way.
Synonyms
comprehensible, easy to understand, intelligible, penetrable, fathomable, graspable, lucid, coherent, clear, crystal clear, explicit, unambiguous, transparent, plain, straightforward, digestible, user-friendly, glanceable;
perspicuous
1.1To be expected; natural, reasonable, or forgivable: such fears are understandable it is understandable that mistakes occur sometimes...
- They did not choose to exercise that option, for understandable reasons.
- His reasons for leaving were understandable.
- They hate her for understandable reasons: she has all but destroyed their cause.
Synonyms
unsurprising, expected, to be expected, predictable, foreseeable, inevitable;
reasonable, acceptable, logical, rational, normal, natural, par for the course, explicable, explainable, conceivable, imaginable, thinkable, plausible, tenable;
justifiable, justified, admissible, allowable, accountable, defensible, excusable, pardonable, forgivable
informal on the cards
Derivatives
understandability
- For me, what is most important is the narration and its understandability.
- I'm on a campaign to ensure that our products have beauty and emotional impact as well as effectiveness and understandability.
- The effect of this consolidation will be to improve understandability, reduce burden, clarify requirements, and improve implementation and compliance.