intelligible Definition

intelligible
adj

1. Able to be understood; clear.

Thesaurus: comprehensible, understandable, fathomable, decipherable, clear, distinct, plain, lucid; Antonym: confusing.
2. philos.
Only able to be understood by the intellect and not by the senses or feelings.

Derivative: intelligibility
noun

Derivative: intelligibly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from Latin intelligibilis, from intellegere to understand.