I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: fair 2, clarion, cloudless, fine, pleasant, rainless, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened
2.
Synonyms: transparent 1, limpid, pellucid, see-through, translucent
3.
Synonyms: translucent 3, tralucent, translucid, transparent
Related Word: milky, opalescent
4.
free from obscurity or ambiguity
his account of the accident was perfectly clear
Synonyms: clear-cut, crystal, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, pellucid, perspicuous, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unblurred; compare understandable
Related Word: apprehensible, comprehensible, graspable, knowable, understandable; plain, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, unperplexed; defined, definite
Idioms: clear as day ( or crystal), plain as the nose on one's face
Contrasted words: clouded, dark, mysterious, unclear; hazy, ill-defined, vague
Antonyms: obscure
5.
readily perceived or apprehended
a clear case of embezzlement
Synonyms: apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, openhanded, palpable, patent, plain, straightforward, unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable; compare self-explanatory , understandable
Related Word: appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible; overt, public, published, unhidden, unobscured; exact, precise
Contrasted words: dim, dusky, gloomy, murky; cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, indistinct, vague; arcane, esoteric, mysterious, occult
Antonyms: obscure
6.
Synonyms: empty 1, bare, stark, vacant, vacuous, void
II. adverb
Synonyms: well 3, à fond, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, ||slap, utterly
III. verb
1.
Synonyms: exculpate , absolve, acquit, disculpate, exonerate, vindicate
2.
Synonyms: clarify 2, clear up, elucidate, explain, illuminate, illustrate
3.
Synonyms: vacate 2, empty, void
4.
Synonyms: rid , lose, shake (off), throw off, unburden
Related Word: eliminate, rule out; clean, cleanse
5.
to make right by presenting what is due
clear one's accounts
Synonyms: clear off, discharge, liquidate, pay, pay up, quit, satisfy, settle, square
Related Word: close, pay off, repay, sink, solve
6.
to obtain as a profit or return
he cleared several thousand on the deal
Synonyms: clean up, gain, make, net
Related Word: acquire, get, obtain, secure; earn, win; accumulate, gather, glean, pick up
7.
Synonyms: extricate 2, clear away, disencumber, disentangle, disentwine, unentangle, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine
8.
to pass over or by
cleared the hurdle with perfect form
Synonyms: hurdle, leap, negotiate, over, overleap, surmount, vault
9.
to become fair
the weather cleared later in the day
Synonyms: ||break, burn off
Related Word: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate; settle, stabilize
10.
Synonyms: vanish , disappear, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, fade