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clear
adjective
- Free from clouds or mist, for example: cloudless, fair, fine
1, sunny, unclouded. See
clear
- Free from what obscures or dims: crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, transparent. See
clear, touch
- Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen: crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see-through, translucent, transparent. See
clear
- Free from flaws or blemishes: flawless, unblemished, unmarked. See
beautiful
- Free from obstructions: free, open, unblocked, unimpeded, unobstructed. See
open
- Readily seen, perceived, or understood: apparent, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, observable, obvious, patent, plain, pronounced, visible. See
see
- Clearly defined; not ambiguous: distinct, sharp, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable. See
clear
- Easily seen through due to a lack of subtlety: broad, obvious, patent, plain, unmistakable, unsubtle. See
clear, see
- Without any doubt: clear-cut, decided, definite, distinct, pronounced, unquestionable. See
certain
- Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed: categorical, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, positive, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal. See
clear
- Freed from contact or connection: free. See
free, strike
- Containing nothing: bare, blank, empty, vacant, vacuous, void. See
full
verb
- To become brighter or fairer. Also used with up: brighten, lighten
1. See
clear
- To make clear or clearer. Also used with up: clarify, elucidate, illuminate, illustrate.
Idiom:
shed (or throw) light on (or upon). See
clear
- To rid of obstructions: free, open, unblock. See
open
- To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly. Also used with up: clean (up), neaten (up), police, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up). See
order
- To free from an entanglement: disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extricate, untangle. See
free
- To remove the contents of: clean out, empty (out), evacuate, vacate, void. See
full
- To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden.
Slang: shake. See
keep
- To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill
1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root
1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms:
do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See
help, make
- To free from a charge or imputation of guilt: absolve, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate.
Law: acquit, purge. See
law
- To pass by or over safely or successfully: hurdle, negotiate, surmount. See
thrive
- To set right by giving what is due: discharge, liquidate, pay (off or up), satisfy, settle, square. See
pay
- To make as income or profit: bring in, draw, earn, gain, gross, net
2, pay, produce, realize, repay, return, yield. See
money
- To be accepted or approved: carry, pass. See
accept
phrasal verb
clear out
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Informal. To leave hastily: bolt, get out, run.
Informal: get, hotfoot, skedaddle.
Slang: hightail, scram, vamoose.
Idioms:
beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks. See
approach
phrasal verb
clear up
- To find a solution for: decipher, explain, resolve, solve, unravel.
Informal: dope out, figure out.
Idiom:
get to the bottom of. See
ask, reason
adverb
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Informal. To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well
2, wholly.
Informal: clean.
Idioms:
in toto, through and through. See
big, limited
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