knowable
Can be understood
Knowable describes something that can be known or understood.
The word often appears in philosophical contexts about the limits of knowledge: Is the universe truly knowable?
Some things are knowable in principle but not in practice—the exact number of grains of sand on a beach, for instance.
The past is knowable; the future is not.
Able to be understood
- understandableAble to be grasped
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
accessible · lucid · clear · explicable · decipherable · interpretable · coherent · apprehensible
Capable of being detected
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- perceivableAble to be sensed
- measurableAble to be gauged
verifiable · ascertainable · discoverable · determinable · identifiable · recognizable · traceable · findable
Theory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
phenomenology · empiricism · rationalism · Kant · noumena · phenomena · a priori · certainty
comprehensible
Able to be understood
- understandableAble to be grasped
- graspableAble to be held
- fathomableCapable of being grasped
intelligible · accessible · lucid · clear · explicable · decipherable · interpretable · coherent · apprehensible · transparent
observable
Capable of being detected
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- discernibleAble to be noticed
- perceivableAble to be sensed
measurable · verifiable · ascertainable · discoverable · determinable · identifiable · recognizable · traceable · findable · demonstrable
epistemology
Theory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
skepticism · phenomenology · empiricism · rationalism · Kant · noumena · phenomena · a priori · certainty · truth
knowableunknowable
Impossible to understand
incomprehensible · unfathomable · transcendent · inscrutable · impenetrable
knowableincomprehensible
Impossible to understand
mysterious · enigmatic · cryptic · indecipherable · unintelligible