legible

From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdʒəbl

legible (comparative more legible, superlative most legible)

1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

   Synonyms: clean, clear, decipherable, fair, readable

   Antonyms: illegible, unreadable

   Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.

2. Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.

   Synonyms: clear, decipherable, readable

   Antonym: unreadable

   You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.

• legibility
• legibly
• intelligible

Borrowed from Latin legibilis.

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

legible m (feminine singular legibla, masculine plural legibles, feminine plural legiblas)

1. legible, readable

   Antonym: illegible

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 404

Borrowed from Latin legibilis.

• IPA^(key): /leˈxible/ [leˈxi.β̞le]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: le‧gi‧ble

legible m or f (masculine and feminine plural legibles)

1. legible, readable

   Antonym: ilegible

• “legible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025