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Definition of intelligible : Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc.

Synonyms:

translucent, knowledge, apprehensible, unambiguous, perceivable, limpid, apparent, unequivocal, manifest, diaphanous, unmistakable, evident, obvious, distinct, graspable, fathomable, knowable, explicit, comprehendible, transparent, pellucid

expressive, succinct, articulate, fluent, glib, direct, well-spoken, eloquent, smooth, loquacious, lucid, clear

honest, plain-spoken, blunt, straightforward, unadorned, prosaic, frank, outspoken, unpoetical, candid, informal, simple, uncluttered, folksy, stark, unpretentious, casual, bald, ordinary

crisp, perspicuous, coherent, understandable, legible, consistent, comprehensible, self-explanatory, decipherable, plain

Usage examples:

• Determined at length to get some intelligible reply to his questions, he pulled his horse across the path of an elderly gentleman of respectable appearance. - "The Northern Iron 1907", George A. Birmingham.
• I thought of you much, and I saw that your conduct, as a whole, was intelligible and becoming." - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.
• To make this strange plan at all intelligible, I shall have to state that, as far as our names are known, we are famous for our popovers and our cherry pie. - "Life's Minor Collisions", Frances Warner Gertrude Warner.