Clear

//klɪə//

Synonyms for "clear" (1013 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (203)

acquit clean clear up clearly cloudless fair free gain limpid net open pellucid perfect serene transparent unclouded unclutter unmistakable unobstructed vivid

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above water abroad absolute absolve absolved abstract account for accumulate acquire acute admitting no exception adrift afield afloat afoot and lighthearted all abroad all clear all embracing all out all pervading all straight all way all-embracing all-encompassing all-out all-pervading altogether ameliorate amnesty amortize angelic apodictic apparent appreciable apprehensible approve articulate assured astray at large at liberty attic audible authorize axiomatic balance bald balmy bare barren beat it beautiful become airborne bell-like bestraddle bestride better blameless bland blank bleached blooming blossoming blow blow out bold bolt booming born bounce bound break break loose break out bright brightly brilliant broad broad-based buck buckjump burn off capitalize on capriole cash in on cast off cast out casual categorical certain characterless chaste childlike chuck ciceronian clarified clarify clarion classic classical clean cut clean out clean up clean-cut cleanly cleanse clear and distinct clear as crystal clear as day clear away clear of clear off clear out clear the decks clear the hurdle clear-cut cleared clearheaded close clutterless coherent coin money come along come on command commercialize complete completely comprehensible comprehensive conclusion conclusive confident congenital connected consistent conspicuous consummate contrastive contrive convinced crisp cry sour grapes crystal

Verb(12 words)

acquit assoil exculpate exonerate delete absolve assoilzie authorise authorize brighten bring in clear up

Adjective(20 words)

Adjective(5 words)

absolved clean clean-cut clear-cut cleared

Adverb(2 words)

all the way clearly

Strong matches (304)

crystal clear crystal-clear crystalline curvet cushy cut away cut down cut loose cut out cut the mustard deal with decamp decided decipherable decisive decontaminate decrassify deep dyed deep-dyed defecate

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defined definite definitive defray demonstrable deobstruct depart deplete deport depurate destigmatize detached determinate determined devoid diaphane diaphanous direct disappear disburden discernible discernibly discerning discharge disclose disclosed disembarrass disembarrassed disembroil disencumber disengage disengaged disentangle disinvolve dislodge dismiss dispense from dispose of distill distilled distinct distinctive distinctly do justice to dominate dovelike downright drain dyed-in-the-wool earn ease easy easy as pie easygoing edulcorate effortless effulgently egregious eject elegant elementary elide eliminate elucidate elute emancipated empty empty out engineer entire entirely eradicate essentialize evacuate evanesce evaporate evident exact excavate exculpate exculpated excuse exempt exempt from exhaust exhaustive exile exonerate exonerated expatriate expel explain explicate explicit expose exposed express extract extremity extricate exuberant facile fade far afield fat faultless featureless filmy filter filtrate final fine finished fixed flat flat out flat-out floating flourishing flowering fly aloft focus footloose footloose and fancy-free forgive forgiven free and clear free and easy free as air free of free up freeborn freed fresh fruiting fully gain by gather gauzy get get along get by get on get out get quit of get rid of get shut of give absolution glaring glean glib global go off go on go-as-you-please going strong gossamer gossamery graceful gracile grant amnesty to grant immunity grant remission graphic graspable gross guileless guiltless hack it halcyon hard hearable hi fi hi-fi high-fidelity hippety-hop hollow homogeneous honor hop hurdle hyaloid illuminate illustrate implicit improve in focus in full swing in good case in the clear inane inappealable incontrovertible incorrupt indisputable indubitable ineluctable inevitable innocent insipid intelligible intensive jump jump off jump over justify keen knowable lamblike leach leap leap over leapfrog leave leave the ground legible let go let off liberate liberated lift light light coloured light-pervious lightish lightsome liquid liquidate lixiviate lofty look down upon loose lose loud and clear lucent lucid luculent luminous luminously

Verb(13 words)

crystalise crystalize crystallise crystallize discharge disculp disculpate earn elucidate enlighten gain illuminate light up

Adjective(28 words)

crystalline destined diaphanous direct distinct dovelike exoteric explainable explicable explicatable explicit express fathomable glassy graspable guiltless hearable homogeneous hyaline hyaloid

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illuminable immaculate innocent innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn intelligible irreprehensible keen

Adjective(4 words)

decipherable exculpated exonerated light

Related words (506)

lustrous make make a killing make accounts square make clear make it make money make money by make out make plain make the grade manage manage somehow manifest meliorate mickey mouse milky muddle through naked natural

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neat necessary negotiate nonopaque nonpros not guilty nothing to it noticeable null null and void observable obtain obvious offenseless omnibus omnipresent on the loose opalescent open up open-and-shut openhanded out of debt out-and-out outlaw outright outtop over overarch overjump overleap overlook overshadow overskip overt overtop painless palmy palpable pardon pass patefy patent pay pay in full pay off pay the bill pay the shot pay up peekaboo perceivable perceptible perceptibly perceptive percipient percolate peremptory perfectly perfectly sure perspicacious perspicuous pervasive pick out pick up pictorial piping plain plain as day pleasant plumb polished positive pounce pounce on pounce upon pound precise predestined predetermined prelapsarian prima facie pristine profit prominent prominently pronounced prospering public published pure purge purified purify put in order put over put through quash the charge quit quit of quite radiantly radical rainless rake rationalize readable realize realize on receive recognizable rectified rectify redeem refine refined regular rehabilitate reinstate release released relucent remit remove repay reproachless restore restrained retire reveal revealing rickety rid rid of rise above root out root up rosy rotate round rule out run off sans reproche satisfy scot free scot-free scour scour out scram scrape along screen secure see through see-through seeable self-esteem self-evident self-explaining self-explanatory semitransparent sensible sensitive separate set abroach set free set in order settle shake off shaky sharp shed of sheer shining shiny shrive shut of sieve sift simple simple as abc sink sinless ski jump skip slam slap sleek smooth soft solve solvent sparkling spiritualize spring square square accounts stabilize staring stark starkly start start aside start up steeplechase straight straight out straight-out straightforward strain strike a balance strike off strike out strong stub sublimate sublime succeed succeed in sunlit sunny sunshine sunshiny sure sure enough sure-enough surmount sweep sweep out sweeping swing swing the deal take take off take up tangible tasteful taxi tear loose terse thin thorough thoroughgoing thriving through and through through-and-through throw off throw over throw overboard tidy up to be seen top total totally tower above tower over translucent translucid transpicuous trenchant trim true try turn a penny turn to account turn to profit ubiquitous unadulterated unaffected unalloyed unambiguous unanchored unattached unblemished unblended unblock unblocked unbound unburden unburdened unburdensome uncase uncircumscribed unclench unclog unclogged unclosed unclutch uncombined uncommitted uncomplicated uncompounded unconditional unconfused uncork uncorrupted uncover uncovered uncurtain undarkened undefiled understandable understandably undiluted undisguised undisputed undo undone undoubting undrape unembarrassed unencumbered unengaged unequivocal unfallen unfastened unfixed unfold unfortified unfoul unfrosted unhampered unhandicapped unhesitating unhidden unhindered unimpeded unindebted uninvolved universal univocal unknot unlabored unladen unlapsed unlatch unleavened unlimited unlock unmingled unmitigated unmixed unmortgaged unobscured unowing unplug unprevented unqualified unquestionable unquestioned unquestioning unravel unrelieved unreserved unrestricted unroll unruffled unscarred unscramble unseal unset unsheathe unshut unsnarl unsophisticated unstop unstopped unstuck unsubtle untangle untie untied untinged untouched by evil untrammeled untroubled untwine unveil unwaivable unwavering unwrap updive upleap upspring utter utterly vacant vacate vacuity vacuous vanish vault vent veritable vigorous vindicate visible void warrant weed out well well defined well-defined well-marked well-pronounced well-resolved white whitewash whole wholesale wholly wide wide open wide-open win winnow wipe off with clean hands with nothing inside withdraw withdraw the charge without content without exception without reproach without reserve worry along

Verb(18 words)

make net pass pull in realise realize sack sack up shed light on solve sort out straighten out stub take in top unclutter unset vindicate

Adjective(37 words)

monosemic monosemous nonblameworthy noncloudy not guilty notable obvious offenseless patent plain plain as porridge plain to see pure righteous sackless see-through serene sharp sinless specific

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straightforward tangible transparent transpicuous unambiguous unblameable unblameworthy uncalculating unclouded uncloudy understandable undissembled unequivocal unguilty univocal vitreous vivid

Adjective(7 words)

open percipient readable unclouded unmortgaged vindicated well-defined

Noun(1 words)

open

How these synonyms differ

evident - 'Evident' is formal and measured, it means the evidence is there for anyone who looks, without the bluntness of 'obvious.'
obvious - 'Obvious' implies that something should require no explanation, overusing it can sound condescending.
plain - 'Plain' strips away ambiguity, plain language, plain truth. It emphasizes directness over elegance.
transparent - 'Transparent' carries connotations of honesty and openness, especially in institutional or political contexts.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

58 entries

acquire act allow alter area bear benefit bring home the bacon change clarify clear up come through countenance country create deliver the goods

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Antonyms

20 entries

blurry bounce cloudy confusing dirty foggy hazy invisible misunderstood muddy murky obscure obscured opaque

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Synonyms

21 entries

acquit all way authorize clean clean cut clear up clearly decipherable exculpated gain homogeneous net open pass pellucid percipient

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Related terms

3 entries

clarity in the clear

derived

108 entries

Clear Creek Clear Hills County Clear Lake Clear Net Clear Range Clear Web Clearspring a way clear to all clear all-clear as clear as a bell as clear as day as clear as mud bench-clearing brawl clear and convincing evidence clear as a bell

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distinct from

10 entries

blurred blurry cloudy foggy muddy murky obscure obscured opaque vague

has context

9 entries

business carpentry commerce computer science computing cryptology meteorology scientology sports

is a

1 entries

innocence

manner of

12 entries

change clarify empty free make pass remove rid sell settle take out vanish

related to

117 entries

action adjective ambiguity ball beingness bright check clarify clarity clear up clearance cloudless cloudless skies clouds color colorless

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similar

79 entries

bring in broad clean-handed clear-cut clear-thinking clearheaded cloudless comprehendible comprehensible crystal clear crystalline definite discerning

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Translations

588 translations across 91 languages.

Abkhaz

2 entries

аҵәца́ adj (without clouds)
аҵәца́ adj (meteorology: less than one-eighth obscured by clouds)

Albanian

4 entries

hapur adj (transparent in colour)
çelt (gheg) adj (transparent in colour)
qartesohem verb (to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify)
çliroj verb (to remove obstructions or impediments from)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

αἴθριος adj (without clouds)
σαφής adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Arabic

4 entries

زاهر adj (bright, not obscured)
شفّاف adj (transparent in colour)
شَفَّاف adj (transparent in colour)
صافي adj (without clouds)

Aragonese

1 entries

claro adj (bright, not obscured)

Armenian

4 entries

ազատ adj (free of obstacles)
մաքուր adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
պարզ adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
ջինջ adj (transparent in colour)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

aydın adj (transparent in colour)
işıqlı adj (transparent in colour)
nurlu adj (transparent in colour)

Bashkir

4 entries

аныҡ adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
асыҡ adj (transparent in colour)
асыҡ adj (free of obstacles)
асыҡ adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Basque

1 entries

argi adj (transparent in colour)

Belarusian

4 entries

празры́сты adj (transparent in colour)
све́тлы adj (bright, not obscured)
чы́сты adj (transparent in colour)
чы́сты adj (bright, not obscured)

Bulgarian

4 entries

несъмне́н adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
прозра́чен adj (transparent in colour)
све́тъл adj (bright, not obscured)
свобо́ден adj (free of obstacles)

Catalan

4 entries

clar adj (transparent in colour)
clar adj (bright, not obscured)
clar adj (without clouds)
clar adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Cebuano

4 entries

tin-aw adj (transparent in colour)
tin-aw adj (bright, not obscured)
tin-aw adj (without clouds)
tin-aw adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ڕەوان adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Chamicuro

1 entries

tsenewa adj (bright, not obscured)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

清楚 adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

問心無愧的 /问心无愧的 adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
明亮 adj (bright, not obscured)
明白 adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
明確 /明确 adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Czech

4 entries

jasný adj (without clouds)
jasný adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
jasný adj (meteorology: less than one-eighth obscured by clouds)
čirý adj (transparent in colour)

Danish

4 entries

fri adj (free of obstacles)
gennemsigtig adj (transparent in colour)
god adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
klar adj (transparent in colour)

Dutch

4 entries

doorschijnend adj (transparent in colour)
doorzichtig adj (transparent in colour)
duidelijk adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
helder adj (bright, not obscured)

Esperanto

4 entries

klara adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
sennuba adj (without clouds)
travidebla adj (transparent in colour)
debari verb (to remove obstructions or impediments from)

Estonian

1 entries

ilmne adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Extremaduran

1 entries

craru adj (transparent in colour)

Finnish

4 entries

clear-tila adj (Scientology: free from the influence of engrams)
esteetön adj (free of obstacles)
kirkas adj (transparent in colour)
kirkas adj (bright, not obscured)

French

4 entries

acquitté adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
blanchi adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
clair adj (transparent in colour)
clair adj (bright, not obscured)

Friulian

2 entries

clâr adj (transparent in colour)
clâr adj (bright, not obscured)

Galician

4 entries

aberto adj (without clouds)
claro adj (transparent in colour)
claro adj (bright, not obscured)
claro adj (without clouds)

German

4 entries

deutlich adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
durchsichtig adj (transparent in colour)
eindeutig adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
frei adj (free of obstacles)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Greek

4 entries

ασυννέφιαστος adj (without clouds)
διαυγής adj (bright, not obscured)
διαφανής adj (transparent in colour)
καθαρός adj (without clouds)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

klè adj (transparent in colour)

Hebrew

4 entries

בָּהִיר adj (without clouds)
בָּרוּר adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
נָקִי adj (bright, not obscured)
נָקִי adj (free of guilt or suspicion)

Hindi

3 entries

चमकीला adj (bright, not obscured)
पारदर्शी adj (transparent in colour)
स्पष्ट adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Hungarian

4 entries

mentes adj (possessing little or no perceptible stimuli)
tiszta adj (bright, not obscured)
tiszta adj (without clouds)
tiszta adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Indonesian

3 entries

bening adj (transparent in colour)
cerah adj (without clouds)
jelas adj (bright, not obscured)

Ingrian

4 entries

kirkas adj (transparent in colour)
kirkas adj (bright, not obscured)
kirkas adj (without clouds)
selkiä adj (without clouds)

Irish

4 entries

cruinn adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
follas adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
follasach adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
glan adj (transparent in colour)

Italian

4 entries

chiaro adj (bright, not obscured)
chiaro adj (without clouds)
chiaro adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
indubbio adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Japanese

4 entries

快晴 adj (without clouds)
明白な adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
晴れた adj (without clouds)
晴朗な adj (without clouds)

Javanese

1 entries

cetha adj (free of obstacles)

Khiamniungan Naga

3 entries

tǖnyī adj (transparent in colour)
tǖnyī adj (free of obstacles)
tǖnyī adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Korean

4 entries

개다 adj (without clouds)
결백(潔白)하다 adj (free of guilt or suspicion)
맑다 adj (bright, not obscured)
맑다 adj (without clouds)

Latgalian

3 entries

gīdrs adj (transparent in colour)
skaidrys adj (without clouds)
skaidrys adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Latin

4 entries

clārus adj (bright, not obscured)
clārus adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
sūdus adj (without clouds)
purgō verb (to remove obstructions or impediments from)

Latvian

4 entries

dzidrs adj (transparent in colour)
dzidrs adj (bright, not obscured)
dzidrs adj (without clouds)
skaidrs adj (transparent in colour)

Lithuanian

2 entries

giedras adj (without clouds)
skaidrus adj (without clouds)

Lower Tanana

1 entries

tth'una' adj (transparent in colour)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

kloer adj (bright, not obscured)

Macedonian

1 entries

бистар adj (transparent in colour)

Malay

2 entries

jelas adj (transparent in colour)
jelas adj (bright, not obscured)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᠠᠯᡤᠠ adj (without clouds)

Marathi

1 entries

स्पष्ट करणे verb (to eliminate ambiguity or doubt; to clarify)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries

kler adj (transparent in colour)

Mokilese

1 entries

woahwoa adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Mongolian

1 entries

тунгалаг adj (transparent in colour)

Māori

4 entries

mahea adj (free of obstacles)
mahuki adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
pūahoaho adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
pūrangiaho adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Nanai

1 entries

галга adj (without clouds)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

zelal adj (bright, not obscured)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fri adj (possessing little or no perceptible stimuli)
gjennomsiktig adj (transparent in colour)
klar adj (transparent in colour)
klar adj (bright, not obscured)

Occitan

1 entries

clar adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Old Irish

1 entries

follus adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آچق adj (without clouds)
بللی adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
دركار adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
شفاف adj (transparent in colour)

Papiamentu

1 entries

kla adj (transparent in colour)

Pashto

4 entries

روڼ adj (transparent in colour)
روڼ adj (bright, not obscured)
صفا adj (free of obstacles)
صفا adj (without clouds)

Persian

1 entries

روشن adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

dietlich adj (bright, not obscured)
kloa adj (transparent in colour)
kloa adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Polish

4 entries

bezbarwny adj (transparent in colour)
bezchmurny adj (without clouds)
jasny adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
czyścić verb (computing: reset; return to zero)

Portuguese

4 entries

claro adj (transparent in colour)
claro adj (bright, not obscured)
claro adj (without clouds)
claro adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Quechua

3 entries

ch'uwa adj (transparent in colour)
q'ispi adj (transparent in colour)
sut'i adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Romanian

4 entries

clar adj (transparent in colour)
clar adj (bright, not obscured)
clar adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
curat adj (free of guilt or suspicion)

Romansch

4 entries

clar adj (transparent in colour)
clar adj (transparent in colour)
clar adj (bright, not obscured)
clar adj (bright, not obscured)

Russian

4 entries

поня́тный adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
прозра́чный adj (transparent in colour)
све́тлый adj (bright, not obscured)
свобо́дный adj (free of obstacles)

Sardinian

4 entries

ciaru adj (bright, not obscured)
claru adj (bright, not obscured)
craru adj (bright, not obscured)
giaru adj (bright, not obscured)

Scots

4 entries

clair adj (transparent in colour)
clair adj (bright, not obscured)
clair adj (free of obstacles)
clair adj (without clouds)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

soilleir adj (transparent in colour)
soilleir adj (bright, not obscured)
soilleir adj (without clouds)
soilleir adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

čȉst adj (bright, not obscured)
чи̏ст adj (bright, not obscured)

Sicilian

1 entries

chiaru adj (bright, not obscured)

Slovak

1 entries

vymazať verb (computing: reset; return to zero)

Slovene

4 entries

jasen adj (without clouds)
jasen adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
čist adj (free of obstacles)
čist adj (free of guilt or suspicion)

Spanish

4 entries

claro adj (transparent in colour)
claro adj (bright, not obscured)
claro adj (without clouds)
claro adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Swedish

4 entries

fri adj (possessing little or no perceptible stimuli)
genomskinlig adj (transparent in colour)
klar adj (transparent in colour)
klar adj (bright, not obscured)

Telugu

4 entries

నిరాటంకము adj (free of obstacles)
నిర్మలము adj (without clouds)
నిస్సందేహము adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
వర్ణరహితము adj (transparent in colour)

Thai

4 entries

กระจ่างแจ้ง adj (bright, not obscured)
ชัด adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)
ชัดเจน adj (bright, not obscured)
ชัดเจน adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pākri adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Tày

1 entries

boóng verb (to remove in order to make something else unobstructed)

Ukrainian

4 entries

прозо́рий adj (transparent in colour)
сві́тлий adj (bright, not obscured)
чи́стий adj (transparent in colour)
чи́стий adj (bright, not obscured)

Venetan

1 entries

ciaro adj (bright, not obscured)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trong adj (transparent in colour)

Yiddish

3 entries

קלאָר adj (transparent in colour)
קלאָר adj (bright, not obscured)
קלאָר adj (without clouds)

Zazaki

3 entries

akerde (diq) adj (without clouds)
seffaf adj (transparent in colour)
zelal (diq) adj (bright, not obscured)

Zyphe

1 entries

fiang adj (free of ambiguity or doubt)

Sample sentences

89 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.

Source: tatoeba (1989)

At this stage there is still not a clear energy policy for bringing decentralised power to rural areas.

Source: tatoeba (2382)

You must clear the table.

Source: tatoeba (15979)

Clear up your desk a bit.

Source: tatoeba (16220)

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