lucid
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈluːsɪd/
:
lúcido
- And the best thing that you can do is to help him feel peace and comfort… when he's lucid.
And I walked in and all the seats are taken and he's still lucid talking.
- And I walked in and all the seats are taken and he's still lucid talking.
- He seems so concise and so lucid, you know, and he's so direct at what he says.
- So this is one of his few lucid moments where he did something really smart.
- You were stone cold sober, lucid and clear thinking when you wrote that to your daughter.
- A great, lucid decisiveness about my fate surged up inside me.
- But on the third night between morphine shots and blood transfusion, he asked me in a lucid interval.
- But, you know, the people who are being injected were often totally lucid, you know, maybe mouthing off quote UN quote, but totally lucid.
Examples
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"His voice was sad, but he seemed lucid and rational."
Fiction book (1990) -
Mrs. Keane, you seem to be a lucid, reasonably intelligent woman.
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It's amazing how lucid things become when you get an outside perspective.
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You were stone cold sober, lucid and clear thinking when you wrote that to your daughter.
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Despite his extensive trek, the man appeared lucid and focused.
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We must remain rational, logical and lucid.
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His searching diagnosis of our situation contributes to a more lucid understanding of ourselves.
Academic text (1998) -
He seems so concise and so lucid, you know, and he's so direct at what he says.
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- She has moments when she's lucid, like when she wrote the postcard, but today wasn't one of them.
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After her illness, she was surprisingly lucid during our conversation.
Synonyms
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3.9
Able to think clearly and make good choices
75
7.2
Clear and logical speaking or writing that is easy to understand
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4.2
Able to think calmly and logically without confusion or distraction
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4.9
Able to think clearly and make good decisions
Antonyms
How Clear-headed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lucid comes from the Latin word lucidus, from lucere 'to shine'. A helpful image is a mind that starts 'shining' again after illness, so thoughts and words become clear and strong. So, lucid describes a person who is 'clear' in thinking and speech.