Synonyms for perspicuous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Tangible — clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid
straight-forward, crystal-clear, tangible, intelligible, pervious, luculent dated
2. Lucid — that can be seen through clearly; that lets light through
clear, lucid, transparent, limpid, pellucid formal, see-through, simple, plain, clear as crystal, distinct, luminous, crystalline, translucent, unambiguous, evident, glassy, diaphanous, transpicuous rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- adj. 2
That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.
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Perspicuous is often equivalent to plain, but plain never wholly loses the meaning of unadorned, so that we can say the style is perspicuous tho highly ornate, when we could not call it at once ornate and plain.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tangible Please show me a tangible example.
- intelligible Shawi and Kabyle are mostly mutually intelligible.
- transparent This transparent liquid contains a kind of poison.
- lucid Yanni was lucid and aware of what he was doing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perspicuous | rising | |
| tangible | steady | |
| intelligible | steady | |
| transparent | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- clear1, plain1, lucid2
- 6 letters
- simple2, glassy2, limpid
- 7 letters
- evident3
- 8 letters
- distinct2, tangible3, luminous3, pervious, pellucid, luculent
- 10 letters
- diaphanous4
- 11 letters
- transparent3, crystalline3, translucent3, unambiguous5
- 12 letters
- intelligible5, transpicuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lucid2 = 2 syllables).