Understandable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Understandable is an adjective meaning Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
Meaning
Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
More Meanings
- Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.
Example Sentences
The original branch was 5¾ miles long, from Llantrisant to Cowbridge only, but in 1889, the T.V.R. [Taff Vale Railway] obtained powers […] to continue the line for 6½ miles south to the coast at Aberthaw, ostensibly for the purpose of serving the important limestone works there, but one suspects other motives, including an understandable desire on the part of the T.V.R. to put a spoke in the wheel of the oncoming Barry Railway !
Synonyms for understandable
Depending on context, synonyms include comprehensible, acceptable, excusable, meaningful, intelligible, comprehendible.
Antonyms for understandable
Common opposites include incomprehensible, unfathomable, inexcusable, unacceptable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comprehensible, comprehendible, intelligible, perceivable, meaningful, graspable.
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