apprehendable
Able to comprehend
Apprehendable describes something that can be grasped, either physically or mentally.
A fleeing suspect may be apprehendable by police; an abstract concept may be apprehendable by a careful reader.
The word appears in legal and philosophical contexts but remains uncommon in everyday speech.
The meaning was barely apprehendable through all the jargon.
Able to be grasped
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- cognizableWithin judicial authority
- knowableAble to be grasped
graspable · clear · lucid · plain · evident · obvious · transparent · discernible
Able to be held
- palpablePerceptible to touch or senses
- touchableCapable of being felt
- seizableAble to be taken
- holdableCan be clutched
physical · material · concrete · solid · substantial · tactile · corporeal · grabbable
Able to be seized
- detainableSubject to lawful holding
- seizableAble to be taken
- capturableAble to be seized
- nabbedSeized or arrested
collared · prosecutable · chargeable · indictable · extraditable
understandable
Able to be grasped
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- cognizableWithin judicial authority
knowable · graspable · clear · lucid · plain · evident · obvious · transparent · discernible · perceptible
graspable
Able to be held
holdable · physical · material · concrete · solid · substantial · tactile · corporeal · grabbable · manipulable
catchable
Able to be seized
- detainableSubject to lawful holding
- seizableAble to be taken
- capturableAble to be seized
nabbed · collared · prosecutable · chargeable · indictable · extraditable
apprehendableincomprehensible
Impossible to understand
ungraspable · unfathomable · unintelligible · inconceivable · inscrutable
apprehendableimperceptible
Cannot be sensed
undetectable · inapprehensible · intangible · ungraspable · unperceivable
apprehend, apprehends, apprehended, apprehending, apprehension, apprehensions, apprehensive, apprehensively, apprehensiveness