intelligibility
Quality of comprehension
Intelligibility is the quality of being understandable.
Speech has intelligibility when listeners can make out the words; writing has intelligibility when readers can follow the meaning.
The term appears in discussions of audio quality, foreign accents, and clear communication: The recording's intelligibility was poor due to background noise.
Her accent didn't affect her intelligibility.
Quality of being unambiguous
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- straightforwardnessQuality of being direct
- obviousnessState of being evident
manifest · evident · perspicuous · discernible · apparent · clear-cut · forthright · candor
Clear vocal expression
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- distinctnessQuality of being distinguishable
audibility · acoustics · crispness · sharpness · precision · elucidation · explicitness · lucidity
Mental comprehension of something
- meaningWhat something signifies
- graspSeize or understand
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
cognition · discernment · decipherment · sensemaking · apprehension · recognition · assimilation · decoding
Science of valid reasoning
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
consistency · unity · sequencing · cohesion · alignment · congruity · thread · pattern
explicitness
Quality of being unambiguous
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- straightforwardnessQuality of being direct
obviousness · manifest · evident · perspicuous · discernible · apparent · clear-cut · forthright · candor · openness
articulation
Clear vocal expression
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
distinctness · audibility · acoustics · crispness · sharpness · precision · elucidation · explicitness · lucidity · perspicuity
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- meaningWhat something signifies
- graspSeize or understand
- interpretationAssigned meaning
perception · cognition · discernment · decipherment · sensemaking · apprehension · recognition · assimilation · decoding · parsing
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- flowUnbroken forward movement
continuity · consistency · unity · sequencing · cohesion · alignment · congruity · thread · pattern · narrative
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- communication qualityclarity, coherence, accuracy, tone, fluency
- Dictiondiction, enunciation, articulation, elocution, clear speech
- lucidityclarity, clearness, coherence, perspicuity, mental clarity
- speech therapyspeech therapy, speech pathology, speech therapist, SLP, speech disorders
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
intelligibilityunintelligibility
Cannot be understood
incomprehensibility · obscurity · opacity · impenetrability · inscrutability
intelligibilityunintelligibility
Cannot be understood
incomprehensibility · gibberish · incoherence · gobbledygook · incomprehensibleness
intelligibilityambiguity
Openness to multiple interpretations
ambiguousness · vagueness · equivocation · indeterminacy · obscurantism