Antonyms of adj comprehensible

1 sense of comprehensible

Sense 1
comprehensible (vs. incomprehensible), comprehendible -- (capable of being comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind")

incomprehensible (vs. comprehensible), uncomprehensible -- (difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein)
        => dark, obscure -- (marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure")
        => enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling -- (not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries")
        => unfathomable -- (impossible to come to understand)
        => impenetrable -- (impossible to understand; "impenetrable jargon")
        => indecipherable -- (impossible to determine the meaning of; "an indecipherable message")
        => lost, missed -- (not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din")
        => opaque, unintelligible -- (not clearly understood or expressed)

Similarity of adj comprehensible

1 sense of comprehensible

Sense 1
comprehensible (vs. incomprehensible), comprehendible -- (capable of being comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind")
       => accessible, approachable -- (capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels")
       => apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable -- (capable of being apprehended or understood)
       => fathomable -- ((of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended)
          Also See-> clear#1; explicable#1; intelligible#2

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