| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
Antonyms: |
clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate; free from uncertainty |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, clarify, defog, discharge, disculpate, emancipate, exculpate, exonerate, explain, find innocent, let go, let off, let off the hook, release, relieve, set free, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
condemn, find guilty, sentence |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass over, often by jumping |
Synonyms: |
hurdle, leap, miss, negotiate, overleap, surmount, vault |
Antonyms: |
hit, run into |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, acquire, clean up, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, make, net, obtain, pick up, realize, reap, receive, secure, win |
| Main Entry: | cleared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emptied |
Synonyms: |
cleaned, cleared away, empty, unloaded |
| Main Entry: | cleared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed of charges |
Synonyms: |
discharged, exculpated, free, pardoned, set right, vindicated |
| Main Entry: | cleared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made negotiable |
Synonyms: |
accepted, approved, cashable, certified, endorsed, passed, validated |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
Synonyms: |
acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on, liberate, lifeboat, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
Antonyms: |
bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce removal of blame |
Synonyms: |
absolve, blink at, clear, deliver, discharge, disculpate, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let go, let off, let off the hook, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe off |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence |
| Main Entry: | bleak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren |
Synonyms: |
austere, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, chilly, cleared, cold, deforested, desert, deserted, desolate, dreary, exposed, flat, gaunt, grim, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept |
Antonyms: |
appealing, bright, comfortable, nice, pleasant, sunny |