intelligibility

UK: /ɪnˌtelɪdʒəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

US: /ɪnˌtɛlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/

US: (in tel′i jə bil′i tē)

Inflections of 'intelligibility' (n): npl: intelligibilities

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•tel•li•gi•bil•i•ty  (in tel′i jə bil′i tē), n., pl. -ties for 2.

1. the quality or condition of being intelligible;
   capability of being understood.
2. something intelligible.

• intelligible + -ity 1600–10

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•tel•li•gi•ble /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbəl/   adj. 

1. capable of being understood; comprehensible:
   dialects that are mutually intelligible.

in•tel•li•gi•bil•i•ty /ɪnˌtɛlɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/  n. [uncountable]
in•tel•li•gi•bly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•tel•li•gi•ble  (in tel′i jə bəl), adj. 

1. capable of being understood;
   comprehensible;
   clear:
   an intelligible response.
2. Philosophy apprehensible by the mind only;
   conceptual.

• Latin intelligibilis, equivalent. to intellig- (see intelligent) + -ibilis -ible
• Middle English 1350–1400

in•tel′li•gi•ble•ness, n. 
in•tel′li•gi•bly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. distinct, lucid, coherent.