fathomable
Able to understand
Fathomable means capable of being understood or comprehended.
A fathom is a unit of depth measurement, so to fathom something is to sound its depths—to get to the bottom of it.
What's fathomable can be grasped or figured out: The instructions were barely fathomable.
The negative unfathomable is more common, describing mysteries too deep to penetrate.
Able to be grasped
- graspableAble to be held
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
accessible · coherent · penetrable · digestible · explicable · discernible · cognizable · apprehensible
Distance below surface
- soundingDepth measurement technique
- plumbableAble to be sounded
- surveyableCapable of being assessed
- gaugeStandard of measurement
finite · bounded · limited · determinable · calculable · quantifiable · assessable · estimable
Able to convince
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- conceivableAble to be imagined
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
sensible · realistic · tenable · sound · valid · coherent · imaginable · thinkable
understandable
Able to be grasped
- graspableAble to be held
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
lucid · accessible · coherent · penetrable · digestible · explicable · discernible · cognizable · apprehensible · perceptible
depth
Distance below surface
- soundingDepth measurement technique
- plumbableAble to be sounded
- surveyableCapable of being assessed
gauge · finite · bounded · limited · determinable · calculable · quantifiable · assessable · estimable
believable
Able to convince
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- conceivableAble to be imagined
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
logical · sensible · realistic · tenable · sound · valid · coherent · imaginable · thinkable · possible
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
fathomableunfathomable
Beyond comprehension or measurement
incomprehensible · inscrutable · impenetrable · inexplicable · unintelligible
fathomableunfathomable
Beyond comprehension or measurement
unsoundable · bottomless · immeasurable · boundless · infinite