intelligibility

Definitions

The quality of being easy to understand or comprehend.

The degree to which speech or text can be clearly heard or read.

Examples

The professor adjusted his microphone to improve the intelligibility of his lecture for the students in the back.

The poor quality of the recording severely compromised the intelligibility of the witness's testimony.

When writing technical manuals, clarity and intelligibility are far more important than flowery prose.

Synonyms

clarity lucidity comprehensibility coherence plainness articulation transparency

Antonyms

obscurity ambiguity incoherence vagueness confusion muddledness opacity