Dictionary Entry
clear
clear is a 5-letter English word with 71 senses as noun, adverb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 71 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
- 2superlative
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
- 3superlative
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
- 4superlative
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- 5superlative
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
- 6superlative
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
- 7superlative
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
- 8superlative
Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
- 9superlative
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
- 10superlative
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
- 11superlative
Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
- 12noun
Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
- 13adverb
In a clear manner; plainly.
- 14adverb
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
- 15transitive verb
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
- 16transitive verb
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
- 17transitive verb
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
- 18transitive verb
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
- 19transitive verb
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
- 20transitive verb
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.
- 21transitive verb
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
- 22transitive verb
To gain without deduction; to net.
- 23intransitive verb
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
- 24intransitive verb
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- 25intransitive verb
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
- 26intransitive verb
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.
- 27noun
a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
"finally broke out of the forest into the open"
Synonyms
- 28noun
the state of being free of suspicion
"investigation showed that he was in the clear"
- 29verb
free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
"Clear the throat"
- 30verb
rid of obstructions
"Clear your desk"
Synonyms
- 31verb
remove
"clear the leaves from the lawn"
"Clear snow from the road"
- 32verb
make a way or path by removing objects
"Clear a path through the dense forest"
- 33verb
remove the occupants of
"Clear the building"
- 34verb
remove (people) from a building
"clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
- 35verb
rid of instructions or data
"clear a memory buffer"
- 36verb
make clear, bright, light, or translucent
"The water had to be cleared through filtering"
- 37verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Could you clarify these remarks?"
"Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- 38verb
settle, as of a debt
"clear a debt"
"solve an old debt"
Synonyms
- 39verb
grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"
"The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
- 40verb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
- 41verb
pass an inspection or receive authorization
"clear customs"
- 42verb
pass by, over, or under without making contact
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"
Synonyms
- 43verb
go away or disappear
"The fog cleared in the afternoon"
- 44verb
sell
"We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
- 45verb
be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
"The check will clear within 2 business days"
- 46verb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"How much do you make a month in your new job?"
"She earns a lot in her new job"
- 47verb
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
- 48verb
yield as a net profit
"This sale netted me $1 million"
Synonyms
- 49verb
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
"clear the water before it can be drunk"
- 50verb
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
"Clear the ship and let it dock"
- 51verb
go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill cleared the House"
Synonyms
- 52verb
become clear
"The sky cleared after the storm"
Synonyms
- 53adjective
readily apparent to the mind
"a clear and present danger"
"a clear explanation"
- 54adjective
allowing light to pass through
"clear water"
"clear plastic bags"
- 55adjective
free from confusion or doubt
"a complex problem requiring a clear head"
"not clear about what is expected of us"
- 56adjective
free from clouds or mist or haze
"on a clear day"
- 57adjective
accurately stated or described
"a set of well-defined values"
- 58adjective
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
"clear mind"
"a percipient author"
Synonyms
- 59adjective
clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
"as clear as a whistle"
"clear footprints in the snow"
- 60adjective
(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
"I have clear title to this property"
Synonyms
- 61adjective
free from contact or proximity or connection
"we were clear of the danger"
"the ship was clear of the reef"
- 62adjective
freed from any question of guilt
"is absolved from all blame"
"was now clear of the charge of cowardice"
- 63adjective
easily deciphered
Synonyms
- 64adjective
clear of charges or deductions
"a clear profit"
- 65adjective
affording free passage or view
"a clear view"
"a clear path to victory"
Synonyms
- 66adjective
free from flaw or blemish or impurity
"a clear perfect diamond"
"the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
- 67adjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
"efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"
"clear laughter like a waterfall"
- 68adjective
free of restrictions or qualifications
"a clean bill of health"
"a clear winner"
Synonyms
- 69adjective
characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
"a clear conscience"
"regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
- 70adverb
in an easily perceptible manner
"could be seen clearly under the microscope"
"She cried loud and clear"
Synonyms
- 71adverb
completely
"read the book clear to the end"
"slept clear through the night"
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