Synonyms for intelligibility
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Noun
1. Comprehensibility — that which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible
comprehensibility, legibility, lucidity, explicitness, clearness, perspicuity
Definitions
- n. 1
That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
Forms
- Plural
- intelligibilities → comprehensibilities, legibilities, lucidities, explicitnesses…
Example sentences
- lucidity He answered the question in a moment of lucidity.
- legibility Legibility is the politeness of handwriting.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intelligibility | steady | |
| lucidity | steady | |
| legibility | falling | |
| explicitness | rising | |
| comprehensibility | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- lucidity4
- 9 letters
- clearness2
- 10 letters
- legibility5
- 11 letters
- perspicuity
- 12 letters
- explicitness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lucidity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intelligibilité
- Italiano
- intelligibilità