apprehensible
Able to understand
Apprehensible means capable of being grasped, understood, or perceived: The concept becomes apprehensible only after careful study.
The word applies to ideas, meanings, or realities that can be mentally seized—the opposite of things too abstract or elusive to comprehend.
It shares a root with apprehend, which originally meant to grasp physically before shifting to mental grasping.
Capable of being understood
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- cognizableWithin judicial authority
- knowableAble to be grasped
lucid · coherent · clear · accessible · digestible · explicable · interpretable · conceivable
Able to be sensed
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- observableCapable of being detected
- noticeableEasily perceived or observed
visible · audible · tangible · palpable · sensible · manifest · evident · apparent
intelligible
Capable of being understood
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- cognizableWithin judicial authority
knowable · lucid · coherent · clear · accessible · digestible · explicable · interpretable · conceivable · transparent
perceivable
Able to be sensed
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- observableCapable of being detected
noticeable · visible · audible · tangible · palpable · sensible · manifest · evident · apparent · recognizable
apprehensibleincomprehensible
Impossible to understand
inapprehensible · unfathomable · inscrutable · unintelligible · impenetrable
apprehensibleimperceptible
Cannot be sensed
undetectable · insensible · impalpable · indiscernible · intangible