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LUCID
limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous
(adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; “writes in a limpid style”; “lucid directions”; “a luculent oration”- Robert Burton; “pellucid prose”; “a crystal clear explanation”; “a perspicuous argument”
crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent
(adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”; “crystal clear skies”; “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”; “lucid air”; “a pellucid brook”; “transparent crystal”
coherent, logical, lucid
(adjective) capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; “a lucid thinker”; “she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident”
lucid
(adjective) having a clear mind; “a lucid moment in his madness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lucid (comparative lucider or more lucid, superlative lucidest or most lucid)
clear; easily understood
mentally rational; sane
bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
Synonyms
• (easily understood): clear, perspicuous, straightforward; See also comprehensible
• (mentally rational): coherent, sane
• (bright): brilliant, light
• (luminous): glowing, radiant; See also shining
• (transparent): clear, pellucid, see-through, transparent; See also transparent or translucent
Noun
lucid (plural lucids)
A lucid dream.
Anagrams
• Ludic, dulic, ludic
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"cid, a. Etym: [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.]
1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.
2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton.
3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. Macaulay.
4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.
Syn.
– Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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