Clear
Clear adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Usage example: the meaning of her broad smile was clear to the whole class
Understandable is a synonym for clear in quality topic. In some cases you can use "Understandable" instead an adjective "Clear", when it comes to topics like simple, comprehensible.
Understandable
Understandable adjective - Capable of being understood.
Clear is a synonym for understandable in comprehensible topic. You can use "Clear" instead an adjective "Understandable", if it concerns topics such as quality, simple, distinct, able to be understood.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lucid and clear
- lucid and understandable
- obvious and clear
- obvious and understandable
- plain and clear
- plain and understandable
- distinct and clear
- distinct and understandable
- evident and clear
- evident and understandable
- limpid and clear
- limpid and understandable
- pellucid and clear
- pellucid and understandable
Both words in one sentence
- Laconic/ — This namespace defines tropes and works as briefly as possible, while still remaining clear and understandable.
Source: Administrivia / Namespace - A particularly common form of this for B-list villains is for them to have a clear and understandable motive the first few times they appear, which eventually decays into "get revenge on the hero for the last time they defeated me" ad infinitum.
Source: Motive Decay -
Most of these strange Nightmare Fuel scenes are the product of symbolism that might be clear and understandable to a (noble or monied, and certainly educated) viewer in Bosch's age, but now, centuries later, can be difficult to decipher.
Source: Creator / Hieronymus Bosch
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