📝 Easy to understand 🧹 To remove things 🌤️ No obstacles 💬 To explain 😌 No guilt ✅ To approve officially 💰 To earn money 🤧 To cough slightly 🆓 No blame 💧 To make pure 🏃‍♂️ To go over 🔔 Pure or sharp 🗑️ To erase data 📄 No claims 🔊 Easily understood

clear

257 3.8

Free from guilt or blame

adjective
/klɪr/

: absuelto

Instead, we need to get clear about what it means to be depressed.
a clear conscience

Yeah, to get a clear, clear mind to slow down.

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Examples

Once the court ruled in her favor, she felt completely clear of any guilt regarding the charges.
The lawyer assured her that with all the evidence presented, she would soon be clear of any suspicion.
All right, we're all clear here.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
You could smoke or drink all you wanted, but that good, clear feeling cut right through it.

Fiction book (1991)
You had clear motive to do this, and there's more than sufficient evidence to believe that it was you.

Wicked Little Letters (2024)
Remember, you don't know me; you're just my charges until we get clear of this place.

Fiction book (1991)
You're in the clear.

Knox Goes Away (2024)
After the investigation, it was proven that she was in the clear and had no involvement in the crime.

Synonyms

clean

vsclear

418 1.0

Without problems or faults

is specifically free from blame worry or suspicion

in the clear

vsclear

Informal

33 4.4

Not in danger, trouble, or under suspicion

is the wider condition of being free from guilt blame or worry

blameless

vsclear

18 3.6

Not guilty of any wrong

is the broader state of having no guilt or suspicion

guiltless

vsclear

5 4.6

Not responsible for doing anything wrong

is the general freedom from blame suspicion or worry

exculpated

vsclear

Formal

9.1

Free from blame or officially declared not guilty

is a general state of being free from guilt or worry

exonerated

vsclear

Formal

6.5

Freed from blame when proof shows they did not do the crime

is the broader condition of being free from blame or suspicion

cleared

vsclear

4.2

No longer blamed for a crime or fault

is the ongoing state of being free from guilt or worry

absolved

vsclear

Formal

6.0

Freed from blame or responsibility for something

is the simple absence of blame worry or suspicion

vindicated

vsclear

6.7

Shown by facts to be right or not at fault

is free from blame without needing proof of being right

clean-handed

vsclear

6.9

A person who is not involved in illegal or dishonest actions

is the plain absence of blame worry or suspicion

Antonyms

guilty

∞ 2.3

Responsible for doing something wrong and open to blame or punishment

suspicious

138 3.2

Not trusting other people or what they say

Idioms

in the clear

Informal

33 4.4

Not in danger, trouble, or under suspicion

the coast is clear

Informal

11 3.2

Safe to go because no one is watching

to see one's way clear

Informal

3 8.0

Decide you can do something after problems are solved

clear and to the point

1 3.7

Easy to understand without extra details

Compounds

crystal clear

Informal

43 2.5

Very easy to understand or hear

clear-cut

27 4.2

Easy to see and understand

all clear

Formal

26 3.2

A signal like a siren or announcement that tells people it is safe after an emergency

clear sign

10 1.3

An obvious thing that shows something is true

clear and present danger

Formal

7 7.6

A legal rule that allows stopping speech when it poses a serious, obvious threat to public safety

clear statement

5 2.1

A message that clearly shows someone's opinion or decision and is easy to understand

crystal clear

5 3.1

Completely see-through so you can easily see inside

clear sailing

Informal

2 3.5

A time when things move forward easily and without problems

clear-cutting

Specialized

2 5.2

Cutting down all the trees in an area at once

clear communication

1 2.5

An exchange of information that people understand easily

clear-air turbulence

Specialized

1 8.4

Sudden strong air movement in clear sky that shakes airplanes

clear liquid diet

Specialized

1 3.7

Only clear drinks and foods like broth, juice or gelatin for medical reasons

clear blue sea

1 1.2

A calm part of the ocean that has very clear blue water

clear alignment

3.9

A clear agreement with an idea, policy, or group

clear battle line

5.4

A clear division between two groups that shows who supports each side in a dispute

clear glaze

Specialized

4.1

A clear, thin layer put on wood or other surfaces to protect them and make them look shiny

clear-eyed analysis

6.0

An honest, fair look at the facts

How Innocent

exonerated

Formal

6.5

clear

257 3.8

innocent

∞ 2.2

suspected

3.7

accused

2 3.6

guilty

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

clear positive

clearer comparative

clearest superlative

Etymology

Clear comes from the old idea of being 'bright' or 'clean' (Latin clarus), and a helpful way to remember is to think of being without a stain; that is why clear can mean 'free from guilt or blame'.