Main entry: clear
Definition: be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
Usage: The check will clear within 2 business days
Antonyms: bounce
Definition: come back after being refused
Main entry: clear, clear up, brighten, light up
Definition: become clear
Usage: The sky cleared after the storm
Main entry: clear, unclutter
Definition: rid of obstructions
Usage: Clear your desk
Antonyms: clutter, clutter up
Definition: fill a space in a disorderly way
Main entry: acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear
Definition: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Usage: The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
Antonyms: convict
Definition: find or declare guilty
Main entry: clear
Definition: readily apparent to the mind
Usage: a clear and present danger; a clear explanation; a clear case of murder; a clear indication that she was angry; gave us a clear idea of human nature
Antonyms: unclear
Definition: not clear to the mind
Antonyms: indistinct
Definition: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
Main entry: clear
Definition: allowing light to pass through
Usage: clear water; clear plastic bags; clear glass; the air is clear and clean
Antonyms: opaque
Definition: not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
Antonyms: solid
Definition: of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
Antonyms: gaseous
Definition: existing as or having characteristics of a gas
Antonyms: noncrystalline
Definition: not crystalline
Main entry: clear
Definition: free from clouds or mist or haze
Usage: on a clear day
Antonyms: cloudy
Definition: full of or covered with clouds
Antonyms: foul
Definition: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Definition: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
Main entry: clear, well-defined
Definition: accurately stated or described
Usage: a set of well-defined values
Antonyms: unclear, ill-defined
Definition: poorly stated or described
Main entry: clear
Definition: clear of charges or deductions
Usage: a clear profit
Antonyms: gross
Definition: before any deductions
Main entry: clear
Definition: free from contact or proximity or connection
Usage: we were clear of the danger; the ship was clear of the reef
Antonyms: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Definition: block passage through
Definition: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Antonyms: bound
Definition: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: hampered and not free; not able to act at will
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: held in servitude
Main entry: clear, cleared, vindicated, exculpated, exonerated, absolved
Definition: freed from any question of guilt
Usage: is absolved from all blame; was now clear of the charge of cowardice; his official honor is vindicated
Antonyms: guilty
Definition: responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
Main entry: clear
Definition: free from flaw or blemish or impurity
Usage: a clear perfect diamond; the clear complexion of a healthy young woman
Antonyms: imperfect
Definition: not perfect; defective or inadequate
Main entry: unclouded, clean, clear, light
Definition: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Usage: efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings; clear laughter like a waterfall; clear reds and blues; a light lilting voice like a silver bell
Antonyms: impure
Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
Antonyms: impure
Definition: combined with extraneous elements
Main entry: clean-cut, clear, clear-cut
Definition: clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
Usage: as clear as a whistle; clear footprints in the snow; the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather; a spire clean-cut against the sky; a clear-cut pattern
Antonyms: indistinct
Definition: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
Main entry: clear
Definition: free from confusion or doubt
Usage: a complex problem requiring a clear head; not clear about what is expected of us
Antonyms: confused
Definition: mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
Main entry: clean, clear
Definition: free of restrictions or qualifications
Usage: a clean bill of health; a clear winner
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
Antonyms: qualified
Definition: limited or restricted; not absolute
Main entry: percipient, clear
Definition: characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
Usage: clear mind; a percipient author
Antonyms: undiscerning
Definition: lacking discernment
Main entry: clear, unmortgaged
Definition: (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
Usage: I have clear title to this property
Antonyms: encumbered
Definition: loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
Main entry: clear, readable, decipherable
Definition: easily deciphered
Antonyms: illegible
Definition: (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
Main entry: clear, open
Definition: affording free passage or view
Usage: a clear view; a clear path to victory; open waters; the open countryside
Antonyms: obstructed
Definition: shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
Main entry: clear
Definition: characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
Usage: a clear conscience; regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes
Antonyms: troubled
Definition: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need