clear

modif.

1. Open to the sight or understanding

   explicit, plain, manifest; see obvious 1, 2.

2. Offering little impediment to vision

   transparent, crystalline, translucent, lucid, pure, apparent, pellucid, limpid, crystal, thin, crystal clear, unobstructed; see also open 1, 2.

   Antonyms opaque*, dark*, muddy. *

3. Unclouded

   sunny, cloudless, bright, rainless; see fair 3.

4. Discernible

   distinct, precise, sharp; see definite 2.

5. Freed from legal charges

   free, guiltless, cleared, exonerated, blameless, innocent, uncensurable, sinless, exculpated, dismissed, discharged, absolved.

   Antonyms accused, charged*, blamed. *

6. Audible

   loud enough to be heard, distinct, definite; see audible.

clear suggests freedom from cloudiness, haziness, muddiness, etc., either literally or figuratively a clear liquid, clear logic; transparent suggests such clearness that objects on the other side (or by extension, meanings, etc.) may be seen distinctly plate glass is transparent, a transparent lie; translucent implies the admission of light, but so diffused that objects on the other side cannot be clearly distinguished stained glass is translucent; pellucid suggests the sparkling clearness of crystal a slab of pellucid ice, pellucid writing

in the clear*

clear

v.

1. To free from uncertainty

   clear up, relieve, clarify; see explain.

2. To free from obstacles

   disentangle, rid, unloose, unblock; see free 2, open 2, remove 1.

3. To free from contents

   clean, unload, unpack, evacuate; see empty 1, 2, remove 1.

4. To free from guilt

   acquit, discharge, get off the hook*; see absolve, excuse, free 1, release.

5. To profit

   realize, net, make; see profit 2, receive 1.