perspicuous
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; ; ; - Robert Burton
- "a perspicuous argument"
Adj
- Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
- That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).
Synonyms
;, apprehensible, clear, clear as crystal, comprehensible, crystal clear, crystalline, diaphanous, explainable, explicable, explicatable, fathomable, glassy, graspable, hyaline, hyaloid, illuminable, intelligible, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous, pervious, see-through, serene, straightforward, tangible, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, understandable, vitreous
Antonyms
comprehensible, imperspicuous, translucent, transparent, turbid
Scrabble Score: 17
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