COMPREHENSIBILITY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

comprehensibility

noun

Definition of comprehensibility

as in intelligibility

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What that translates to for audiences is better intelligibility — words that land rather than wash — and a cleaner overall mix, because the engineer is no longer spending mental and technical energy fighting unwanted signal at the source.

— Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
If wrestling is so watchable thanks to its intelligibility—every appearance, utterance, and movement is so extreme that the point of the story cannot be misinterpreted—then the same can be said of many scenarios in KUWTK.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

Definition of intelligibility

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To help out with that legibility, the hour and minutes hands are coated in Super-LumiNova, alongside touches of white lacquer in the 30-minute counter and the small second hand.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
That’s appreciable, and propelling this Winter’s Tale’s legibility is a cast full of undeniably excellent actors.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of legibility

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One thing that sleek design fell short on was display readability which was challenging in bright situations.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
At Google, code approval was gated on readability, because code is how knowledge moves between engineers.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of readability

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