EXPLICABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does explicable mean? 

• EXPLICABLE (adjective)
  The adjective EXPLICABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being explicated or accounted for

  Familiarity information: EXPLICABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLICABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being explicated or accounted for

Context example:

explicable behavior

Similar:

explainable; interpretable (capable of being understood)

Also:

comprehendible; comprehensible (capable of being comprehended or understood)

soluble (susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained)

Antonym:

inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)

 Context examples 

But they didn't. And we all took the less explicable step of engaging the parlor of a suite in the Plaza Hotel.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)