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Synonyms for legibility

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The property of being legible or easily readable.

    The legibility of this text is questionable: half the people asked said it was almost illegible, but the other half said it was easy to read.

Forms

Plural
legibilities → readabilities, intelligibilities…

Example sentences

  • readability His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses.
  • intelligibility There is total mutual intelligibility between Kabyle and the Shenwa dialect.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
legibilityfalling
readabilitysteady
intelligibilitysteady
discernabilitysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

11 letters
readability5
14 letters
discernability
15 letters
intelligibility

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (readability5 = 5 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lisibilité