explicable

ex·pli·ca·ble

adj \ek-ˈspli-kə-bəl, ˈek-(ˌ)splik-\

Definition of EXPLICABLE

: capable of being explained

— ex·pli·ca·bly \-blē\ adverb

Examples of EXPLICABLE

1. phenomena explicable by the laws of physics
2. <the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence>

First Known Use of EXPLICABLE

1556

Related to EXPLICABLE

Synonyms: answerable, explainable, solvable, resolvable, soluble

Antonyms: hopeless, inexplicable, insoluble, insolvable, unexplainable, unresolvable, unsolvable

Related Words: analyzable, decipherable; feasible, workable

Near Antonyms: difficult, inextricable, knotty; impossible, insuperable; absurd, fantastic (also fantastical), outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous

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Rhymes with EXPLICABLE

despicable, extricable