explicable
Able to clarify
Explicable means capable of being explained or accounted for.
Something explicable has a rational explanation, even if not immediately obvious: The delays are explicable once you understand the approval process.
The word appears most often in its negative form inexplicable, describing things that defy explanation.
Able to be grasped
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- accessibleAble to be reached
coherent · lucid · clear · plain · simple · straightforward · digestible · penetrable
Governed by logic
- reasonedDerived through careful thought
- deducibleAble to be concluded
- inferrableAble to be concluded
- coherentLogically connected throughout
consistent · valid · sound · cogent · systematic · methodical · analytical · justifiable
Able to assign origin
- traceableAble to be followed
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- ascribableAble to be assigned
- determinableAble to be established
identifiable · diagnosable · analyzable · solvable · resolvable · answerable · decipherable · unravelable
understandable
Able to be grasped
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
accessible · coherent · lucid · clear · plain · simple · straightforward · digestible · penetrable · apprehensible
rational
Governed by logic
- reasonedDerived through careful thought
- deducibleAble to be concluded
- inferrableAble to be concluded
coherent · consistent · valid · sound · cogent · systematic · methodical · analytical · justifiable · defensible
attributable
Able to assign origin
- traceableAble to be followed
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- ascribableAble to be assigned
determinable · identifiable · diagnosable · analyzable · solvable · resolvable · answerable · decipherable · unravelable · discoverable
explicableinexplicable
Cannot be accounted for
unexplainable · unaccountable · incomprehensible · unexplained · mysterious
explicableinsoluble
Cannot be dissolved
unsolvable · absurd · paradoxical · inconceivable · insolvable