APPREHENSIBLE Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

apprehensible

adjective

ˌa-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl

Definition of apprehensible

as in distinguishable

able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind some of the moon's more interesting features are apprehensible even to someone with a more modestly powered telescope

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as in understandable

capable of being understood a teacher who favored preachy stories that had an easily apprehensible moral

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Recent Examples of apprehensible Volt line of alt-country (think Jay Farrar with more apprehensible lyrics), has essentially been Andrew Grimm and a revolving cast of players for the past quarter-century. — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022

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Adjective

By combining them in different proportions, the researchers can create 16 distinguishable colours and at least 300 different shades.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Given medium, proportions, and form, from a distance Shift is barely distinguishable from the land.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinguishable

Adjective

That’s understandable to an extent; institutions need to remain sustainable.

— Anand Solanki, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Remnants of a wooden spear weren’t found near the Neanderthal’s remains, which is understandable since the material often decomposes so quickly.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of understandable

Adjective

That is, when the dialogue is audible at all; much of it ends up subsumed by a thundering sound mix that obscures what you’re actually meant to hear.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Sounds of shots being fired and a male voice speaking were audible in the background, police said.

— Coleman Petit, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of audible

Adjective

Roughly 6,500 square feet across multiple levels are accessible via a central staircase and an elevator, along with a dumbwaiter.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
But since 2018, when public Wi-Fi hotspots were made more accessible on the island, social media has enabled many Cuban artists to share reparto with the masses.

— Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of accessible

Adjective

These neutrinos would be so energetic that to capture an appreciable number of them, and to contain the ones that were captured, the detector would have to be huge, even by neutrino detector standards.

— Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Across a blend of 64 different ensemble members, different runs of a weather model with slightly different initial conditions, only a minority brought appreciable rainfall to Southern California.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of appreciable

Adjective

New York University mathematician Roland Bauerschmidt says the first of these papers is both groundbreaking and comprehensible.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
The only problem is that the lyrics aren’t really more comprehensible than actual Katseye jams.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026

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