readable

adjective

read·​able ˈrē-də-bəl How to pronounce readable (audio)
Synonyms of readablenext
: able to be read easily: such as
a
: legible
b
: interesting to read
a highly readable novel
readability
ˌrē-də-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce readable (audio)
noun
readableness
ˈrē-də-bəl-nəs How to pronounce readable (audio)
noun
readably
ˈrē-də-blē How to pronounce readable (audio)
adverb

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The travel guide is very readable.
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Details such as accurate speaker attribution, timestamps, terminology and readable formatting are often viewed as production features. — Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Its zero-knowledge architecture means the service stores encrypted data rather than the readable contents of documents. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 On October 1, Netflix will premiere Kazan’s sweeping adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, an eminently readable doorstop stuffed with a variety of weighty themes. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 Any page that’s readable by a human could also be correctly interpreted by an AI scraping tool that simply renders the full webpage and uses optical character recognition on an image of the output. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for readable

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15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of readable was in the 15th century

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