adjective
- able to be restated or expressed in different words while maintaining the same meaning
Examples
- The complex scientific theory was paraphrasable in simpler terms for students.
- Most poetry is not easily paraphrasable without losing its artistic effect.
- The legal document contained several clauses that were paraphrasable for clarity.
- Her abstract ideas were surprisingly paraphrasable once she provided examples.
- The technical manual’s instructions were paraphrasable into everyday language.
- Some philosophical concepts are simply not paraphrasable in ordinary speech.