articulable

Able to state

Articulable means capable of being expressed in words.

The term appears most often in legal contexts, where police must have an articulable reason for a stop or search—one they can state clearly rather than act on mere hunch.

Outside law, anything articulable can be put into language: The feeling was real but not quite articulable.

expressible

Able to be conveyed

utterableAble to be spoken
speakableAble to be said
pronounceableAble to be spoken

conveyable · communicable · statable · verbalizable · transmittable · describable · explicable · relatable · disclosable · sayable

comprehensible

understandable

Able to be grasped

graspableAble to be held
intelligibleCapable of being understood
fathomableCapable of being grasped

cognizable · apprehensible · accessible · coherent · lucid · clear · decipherable · penetrable · knowable · digestible

distinct

clear

Without obstruction or fog

definableCapable of being described
preciseExactly correct, no error
specificClearly defined, not vague

identifiable · distinguishable · recognizable · discernible · perceptible · manifest · evident · obvious · apparent · unmistakable

Opposites

expressibility

articulableinarticulable

Cannot be expressed verbally

ineffable · inexpressible · unspeakable · unutterable · incommunicable

clarity of formulation

articulableamorphous

Without distinct shape

indefinable · nebulous · inchoate · vague · formless

Family

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