clearheaded

Examples

• All

• And once I got clearheaded, I was able to be very tactical on what to ask for and what not to ask for.

  DoctorRamani

• Cabeza de Vaca, being a clearheaded and practical youth, had argued against the plan from the start; much good did it do him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I, with joy, did have a son... so fair, so clearheaded and brave, that I a thousand pleasures did derive from his presence.

  Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

• Oddly, though, it is Ulysses S. Grant's clearheaded and deeply moving Personal Memoirs that best epitomizes the plain style.

  Academic text (2010)

• After sleeping well, she felt clearheaded and ready to tackle the day's challenges.

• In a clearheaded state, she carefully planned her next steps for the project.

Synonyms

L

lucid

vsclearheaded

33 4.6

Able to think and speak clearly after being confused or ill

emphasises steady sensible decision making rather than recovery from confusion

C

clear-eyed

vsclearheaded

7 5.6

Able to think and judge things in a calm, practical way

focuses more on making sensible decisions than emotional distance

C

clear-thinking

vsclearheaded

3 4.2

Able to think calmly and logically without confusion or distraction

is about thinking clearly to make sensible decisions

L

levelheaded

vsclearheaded

3 4.2

Able to think clearly, stay calm, and make good decisions in difficult situations

is about clear thought and sensible choices beyond calmness

C

clear-sighted

vsclearheaded

1 5.5

Able to think clearly, understand quickly, and make good judgments

is broader, covering general sensible decisions rather than rapid judgement

C

coolheaded

vsclearheaded

1 5.1

Able to stay calm and think clearly in difficult situations

is more about clear thinking and sensible choices than calmness

U

unmuddled

vsclearheaded

6.3

Clear and easy to understand without confusion

focuses on using clear thought to choose sensible actions

F

fogless

vsclearheaded

4.2

Clear in your mind and able to think well

stresses ability to decide sensibly rather than merely absence of clouding

Antonyms

C

confused

692 1.3

Not able to think clearly or understand what is happening

B

bewildered

1 5.3

Feeling confused and not knowing what is happening or what to do

How Clearheaded

lucid

33 4.6

level-headed

14 4.0

clearheaded

1 4.9

distracted

3.1

confused

692 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology