readable

UK: /ˈriːdəb^əl/ US: /ˈridəbəl/ ,(rē′də bəl)

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

read•a•ble /ˈridəbəl/   adj. 

1. easy or interesting to read:
   a very readable book about a difficult topic.
2. of or relating to machines or a type of print that can be read by special scanning devices:
   machine-readable.
read•a•bil•i•ty /ˌridəˈbɪlɪti/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

read•a•ble  (rē′də bəl), adj. 

1. easy or interesting to read.
2. capable of being read;
   legible:
   readable handwriting.
3. pertaining to letter mail with addresses and zip codes capable of being read by optical scanning devices.

• read¹ + -able 1560–70

read′a•bly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

readable / ˈriːdəb^əl/ adjective

1. (of handwriting, etc) able to be read or deciphered; legible
2. (of a style of writing) interesting, easy, or pleasant to read

ˌreadaˈbility, ˈreadableness noun

ˈreadably adverb