| apprehensible |
able to be perceived or understood. |
| dawn on someone |
to come into one's mind as something newly realized or understood. |
| distinct |
plainly seen, heard, or understood; unmistakable or evident. [1/4 definitions] |
| double take |
a sudden second look or other delayed reaction indicating that the real significance of a sight, remark, or situation has just been understood. |
| encrypt |
to put (information) into a code, thus protecting it from being read and understood by those not authorized to have access to the information. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. [1/2 definitions] |
| get across |
to make (a point or idea) clearly understood to a listener or reader. [2 definitions] |
| idiom |
a verbal expression that cannot be understood merely by knowing the individual meanings of its elements, as with the phrase "break down," meaning "to lose one's mental stability." [1/4 definitions] |
| idiomatic |
of an expression or usage of words, peculiar within a particular language itself, esp. having a meaning that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of elements. [1/4 definitions] |
| inconceivable |
incapable of being imagined or understood; unthinkable. [1/2 definitions] |
| intelligible |
capable of being clearly understood; comprehensible. |
| knowable |
capable of being understood or known. |
| known |
that is understood; that has been discovered. [1/3 definitions] |
| man in the street |
a common, ordinary man; average citizen (usu. understood to include women). |
| mean1 |
to signal a particular idea or message that can be understood; signify. [1/9 definitions] |
| misunderstood |
not understood or interpreted correctly. [1/2 definitions] |
| mood2 |
in grammar, a kind of verb inflection that indicates the way in which the speaker intends an utterance to be understood, whether as a wish or supposition, a demand, or a fact; mode. |
| noetic |
of or pertaining to the intellect; understood only by the mind or through the reasoning process. |
| obvious |
easily understood, recognized, or seen; apparent. [1/2 definitions] |
| opaque |
not easily understood; unclear. [1/6 definitions] |
| perceived |
as it seems in the mind; supposed. |