Intelligible refers to something that is clear and easy to understand. Its antonyms, on the other hand, describe concepts that are unclear, confusing, and difficult to comprehend. One such antonym is ambiguous, which denotes a word or phrase that can have several different meanings. Another antonym is obscure, meaning something that is not easily understood or known. Indecipherable and incomprehensible are also antonyms of intelligible, as both refer to something that is impossible to decipher or understand. In short, these antonyms represent the opposite of intelligible, describing ideas that are vague, complex, and difficult to grasp.

What are the antonyms for Intelligible?

• adj.

  • all
  • unintelligible
  .
  • beyond comprehension, explanation
  • inexplicable
  .
  • confused; discontinuous
  • disconnected
  .
  • dense
  • impenetrable
  .
  • disconnected
  • dis connected
  ,
  • dis jointed
  ,
  • dis ordered
  ,
  • dis-connected
  ,
  • dis-jointed
  ,
  • dis-ordered
  ,
  • illogical
  ,
  • in choate
  ,
  • in cohesive
  ,
  • in-choate
  ,
  • in-cohesive
  ,
  • incohesive
  ,
  • mixedup
  ,
  • more garbled
  ,
  • more incohesive
  ,
  • more uncontinuous
  ,
  • most garbled
  ,
  • most incohesive
  ,
  • most uncontinuous
  ,
  • un continuous
  ,
  • un-continuous
  ,
  • uncontinuous
  .
  • elusive
  • Elusory
  ,
  • difficult catch
  ,
  • difficult to catch
  ,
  • in definable
  ,
  • in substantial
  ,
  • in tangible
  ,
  • in-definable
  ,
  • in-substantial
  ,
  • in-tangible
  ,
  • mis leading
  ,
  • mis-leading
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  • more elusory
  ,
  • more phantom
  ,
  • more stonewalling
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  • more unspecific
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  • most elusory
  ,
  • most phantom
  ,
  • most stonewalling
  ,
  • most unspecific
  ,
  • un specific
  ,
  • un-specific
  ,
  • unspecific
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  • evasive, mysterious
  • elusive
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  • hard to believe; difficult to understand
  • unfathomable
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  • hidden, mysterious; blank
  • inscrutable
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  • impenetrable
  • bulletproof
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  • enigmatical
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  • in cognizable
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  • in discernible
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  • in violable
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  • in-cognizable
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  • in-violable
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  • incognizable
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  • more delphic
  ,
  • more incognizable
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  • more ungraspable
  ,
  • more unknowable
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  • more unpiercable
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  • most bulletproof
  ,
  • most delphic
  ,
  • most incognizable
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  • most ungraspable
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  • most unknowable
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  • most unpiercable
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  • un graspable
  ,
  • un knowable
  ,
  • un-accountable
  ,
  • un-graspable
  ,
  • un-knowable
  ,
  • ungraspable
  ,
  • unknowable
  ,
  • unpiercable
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  • incoherent
  • dis continuous
  ,
  • dis-continuous
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  • in articulate
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  • in coherent
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  • in congruous
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  • in consistent
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  • in distinct
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  • in distinguishable
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  • in-articulate
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  • in-coherent
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  • in-congruous
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  • in-consistent
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  • in-distinct
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  • in-distinguishable
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  • more faltering
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  • more maundering
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  • more mumbling
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  • more muttered
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  • more stammering
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  • more stuttering
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  • more unvocal
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  • most faltering
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  • most maundering
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  • most mumbling
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  • most muttered
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  • most stammering
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  • most stuttering
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  • most unvocal
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  • tongue tied
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  • un communicative
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  • un connected
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  • un even
  ,
  • un vocal
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  • un-communicative
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  • un-connected
  ,
  • un-even
  ,
  • un-vocal
  ,
  • unvocal
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  • incomprehensible
  • beats me
  ,
  • beyond comprehension
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  • beyond grasp
  ,
  • beyond one grasp
  ,
  • beyond one's grasp
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  • beyond ones grasp
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  • clear as mud
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  • fathomless
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  • in comprehensible
  ,
  • in conceivable
  ,
  • in-comprehensible
  ,
  • in-conceivable
  ,
  • more fathomless
  ,
  • most fathomless
  ,
  • most greek
  ,
  • over head
  ,
  • over one head
  ,
  • over ones head
  ,
  • un clear
  ,
  • un clearest
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  • un imaginable
  ,
  • un-clear
  ,
  • un-clearest
  ,
  • un-imaginable
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  • inexplicable
  • Inexplainable
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  • in decipherable
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  • in describable
  ,
  • in explainable
  ,
  • in explicable
  ,
  • in soluble
  ,
  • in-decipherable
  ,
  • in-describable
  ,
  • in-explainable
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  • in-explicable
  ,
  • in-soluble
  ,
  • more inexplainable
  ,
  • more undefinable
  ,
  • most inexplainable
  ,
  • most undefinable
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  • un definable
  ,
  • un explainable
  ,
  • un solvable
  ,
  • un-definable
  ,
  • un-explainable
  ,
  • un-solvable
  ,
  • undefinable
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  • inscrutable
  • Mysterial
  ,
  • in scrutable
  ,
  • in-scrutable
  ,
  • more mysterial
  ,
  • more poker faced
  ,
  • more poker-faced
  ,
  • more sphinxlike
  ,
  • more undiscoverable
  ,
  • most mysterial
  ,
  • most poker faced
  ,
  • most poker-faced
  ,
  • most sphinxlike
  ,
  • most undiscoverable
  ,
  • poker faced
  ,
  • poker-faced
  ,
  • sphinxlike
  ,
  • un discoverable
  ,
  • un readable
  ,
  • un-discoverable
  ,
  • un-readable
  ,
  • undiscoverable
  .
  • mysterious
  • alchemistic
  ,
  • astrological
  ,
  • more astrological
  ,
  • more necromantic
  ,
  • most alchemistic
  ,
  • most astrological
  ,
  • most necromantic
  ,
  • necromantic
  ,
  • un cannier
  ,
  • un canniest
  ,
  • un canny
  ,
  • un known
  ,
  • un-cannier
  ,
  • un-canniest
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  • un-known
  ,
  • un-natural
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  • not explainable; mysterious
  • unaccountable
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  • not understandable
  • incomprehensible
  .
  • noun
  • cloudy
  ,
  • cryptic
  ,
  • dim
  ,
  • dubious
  ,
  • esoteric
  ,
  • foggy
  ,
  • inarticulate
  ,
  • incoherent
  ,
  • indistinct
  ,
  • insensible
  ,
  • mysterious
  ,
  • opaque
  ,
  • slurred
  ,
  • thick
  ,
  • turbid
  ,
  • uncomprehensible
  ,
  • vague
  .
  • opaque
  • Amphibological
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  • Imperceptive
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  • Nubilous
  ,
  • more amphibological
  ,
  • more imperceptive
  ,
  • more nubilous
  ,
  • most amphibological
  ,
  • most imperceptive
  .
  • puzzling
  • be wildering
  ,
  • be-wildering
  ,
  • beyond one
  ,
  • more bewildering
  ,
  • most bewildering
  ,
  • puzzling
  ,
  • sur prising
  ,
  • sur-prising
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  • unaccountable
  • extra ordinary
  ,
  • extra-ordinary
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  • un accountable
  ,
  • un common
  ,
  • un commoner
  ,
  • un commonest
  ,
  • un usual
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  • un wonted
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  • un-common
  ,
  • un-commoner
  ,
  • un-usual
  ,
  • un-wonted
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  • unheard of
  ,
  • unheardof
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  • understandable
  • ambiguous
  ,
  • confusing
  ,
  • equivocal
  ,
  • obscure
  ,
  • perplexing
  .
  • unfathomable
  • pro found
  ,
  • pro founder
  ,
  • pro-found
  ,
  • pro-founder
  ,
  • too deep
  ,
  • un comprehensible
  ,
  • un fathomable
  ,
  • un-comprehensible
  .
  • unintelligible
  • in explicit
  ,
  • in-explicit
  ,
  • more unexplicit
  ,
  • most unexplicit
  ,
  • un explicit
  ,
  • un intelligible
  ,
  • un-explicit
  ,
  • un-intelligible
  ,
  • unexplicit
  .

• Other relevant words:

• indefinite
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Usage examples for Intelligible

Famous quotes with Intelligible

• I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

  Mortimer Adler
• The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

  Walter Bagehot
• The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of the sensible finite into the intelligible infinite.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
• The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

  Samuel Butler
• With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

  Paul Cezanne

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