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readable
CIDE DICTIONARY
readable, a.
Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
readable, adj.
1 able to be read; legible.
2 interesting or pleasant to read.
1 able to be read; legible.
2 interesting or pleasant to read.
Derivative
readability n. readableness n. readably adv.
THESAURUS
readable
absorbing, allegorical, apprehensible, articulate, associational, cognizable, comprehensible, connotational, connotative, decipherable, definable, denotational, denotative, distinct, easily understood, easy to understand, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, exciting, exoteric, expressive, extended, extensional, fair, fathomable, figurative, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, in the clear, indicative, intelligible, intensional, interesting, interpretable, inviting, juicy, knowable, legible, lively, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, penetrable, piquant, pithy, plain, pleasurable, plumbable, pointed, pregnant, prehensible, provocative, provoking, racy, referential, rich, scrutable, sententious, significant, significative, spicy, stimulating, substantial, succulent, suggestive, symbolic, tantalizing, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, tickling, titillating, transferred, uncoded, understandable, unenciphered, worthwhileROGET THESAURUS
readable
Elegance
N elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness, readiness, concinnity, euphony, numerosity, Atticism, classicalism, classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place, antithesis, purist, elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic, chaste, pure, Saxon, academical, graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic, numerose, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.For further exploring for "readable" in Webster Dictionary Online