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Synonyms for perspicuity

  • noun

Most common

plainness distinctness perspicuousness transparency intelligibility

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Perspicuousness

perspicuousness, plainness, distinctness

2. Intelligibility — clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous

intelligibility, transparency, lucidity, clearness, explicitness, clarity

Antonyms

imperspicuity

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.

  2. n. 2

    Perspicacity; insight.

Related words

Word family
perspicacious perspective

Forms

Plural
perspicuities → plainnesses, distinctnesses, intelligibilities, transparencies…

Example sentences

  • transparency I thought transparency was part of our agreement.
  • intelligibility There is total mutual intelligibility between Kabyle and the Shenwa dialect.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
perspicuitysteady
plainnesssteady
distinctnesssteady
perspicuousnesssteady
transparencyrising
intelligibilitysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
clarity3
8 letters
lucidity4
9 letters
clearness2, plainness
12 letters
transparency4, distinctness, explicitness
15 letters
intelligibility, perspicuousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clarity3 = 3 syllables).