Synonyms for clear
Another word for clear is clear-cut, broad or crystal clear. Below are 44 synonyms across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: clearer, clearest, clears.
1. adjective: readily apparent to the mind
- clear-cut
- broad synonyms
- crystal clear synonyms
- distinct synonyms
- definite synonyms
- vivid synonyms
- lucid synonyms
- unmistakable synonyms
- unambiguous
- comprehensible
- prima facie
- trenchant
- limpid
- unsubtle
- pellucid
- perspicuous
- comprehendible
- luculent
Antonyms
- unclear synonyms
2. adjective: free from confusion or doubt
- clear-thinking
- clearheaded
3. adjective: affording free passage or view
- open synonyms
- unobstructed
4. adjective: allowing light to pass through
- liquid synonyms
- crystal clear synonyms
- transparent synonyms
- lucid synonyms
- crystalline synonyms
- translucent
- hyaline
- limpid
- unclouded
- semitransparent
- pellucid
- hyaloid
- unfrosted
Antonyms
- opaque synonyms
5. adjective: free from contact or proximity or connection
6. adjective: characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- untroubled
7. adjective: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- light synonyms
- clean synonyms
- unclouded
- pure synonyms
8. adjective: (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- unmortgaged
- unencumbered
9. adjective: clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- clear-cut
- clean-cut synonyms
- distinct synonyms
10. adjective: accurately stated or described
- well-defined
11. adjective: free from clouds or mist or haze
- fair synonyms
- serene synonyms
- cloudless
- unclouded
Antonyms
- cloudy synonyms
12. adjective: free of restrictions or qualifications
- clean synonyms
- unqualified synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for clear?
You can say clear-cut, broad, crystal clear, distinct or definite instead of clear. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "readily apparent to the mind".
What is the opposite of clear?
The opposite of clear is unclear, opaque or cloudy.
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