HyperDic: clarity

English > 2 senses of the word *clarity*:
NOUN	attribute	clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity	free from obscurity and easy to understand
NOUN	attribute	clarity, clearness, uncloudedness	the quality of clear water

clarity > pronunciation
Sounds	kleh'rahtiy; kleh'rihtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *clarity*: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression / expression.
Synonyms	lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity
Attributes	clear	Readily apparent to the mind
Attributes	unclear	not clear to the mind
Narrower	explicitness	clarity as a consequence of being explicit
	focus	maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
	monosemy	Having a single meaning / meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
	perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness	clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
	preciseness, clearcutness	clarity as a consequence of precision
	unambiguity, unequivocalness	clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
Broader	comprehensibility, understandability	The quality of comprehensible language or thought
Opposite	obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditeness	The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Opposite	unclearness	incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
Spanish	claridad, lucidez, nitidez, transparencia
Catalan	claredat, lucidesa, nitidesa, transparència
Adjectives	clear	readily apparent to the mind
	clear	accurately stated / stated or described
	clear	easily deciphered

English > *clarity*: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The quality of clear water.
Example	"when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
Synonyms	clearness, uncloudedness
Attributes	clear	Allowing light to pass through
Narrower	distinctness, sharpness	The quality of being sharp and clear
	translucence, translucency, semitransparency	The quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
	transparency, transparence, transparentness	The quality of being clear and transparent
	visibility	capability of providing a clear unobstructed view
Broader	quality	An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Opposite	opacity, opaqueness	The quality of being opaque to a degree
Spanish	claridad, nitidez
Catalan	claredat, nitidesa
Adjectives	clear	allowing light to pass through
	clear	free from clouds or mist or haze
	clear	(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls / dulls or dims
	clear	affording free passage / passage or view

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