Antonyms for comprehensible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kom-pri-hen-suh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl

Definition of comprehensible

Origin : 1520s, "able to be contained," from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c.1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.

adj understandable

Example sentences :

Surely it is only the “baby-talk” of the wisdom not yet comprehensible to human hearts!
Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.
Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad

This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers

To even such genuine modesty as Jim-Ed's this was comprehensible.
Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts

All these feelings on the part of the assimilation Jews are comprehensible.
Extract from : « Zionism and Anti-Semitism » by Max Simon Nordau

All this is comprehensible and flows from Hamlet's character and position.
Extract from : « Tolstoy on Shakespeare » by Leo Tolstoy

Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

I do try to understand, and all that is said in the Sermon on the Mount is plain and comprehensible.
Extract from : « The Light Shines in Darkness » by Leo Tolstoy

But Matilda will say I cannot write a comprehensible letter, so I will begin regularly.
Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge

There is one solitary idea, and only one, not comprehensible by the American mind.
Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens

Synonyms for comprehensible

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