LUCIDITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lucidity" is a kind of...):

comprehensibility; understandability (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)

Attribute:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

unclear (not clear to the mind)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lucidity"):

monosemy (having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases)

focus (maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea)

clearcutness; preciseness (clarity as a consequence of precision)

perspicuity; perspicuousness; plainness (clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous)

unambiguity; unequivocalness (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)

explicitness (clarity as a consequence of being explicit)

Derivation:

elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)

elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

lucid ((of language) transparently clear; easily understandable)

Meaning:

A lucid state of mind; not confused

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lucidity" is a kind of...):

saneness; sanity (normal or sound powers of mind)

Derivation:

elucidate (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear)

lucid (having a clear mind)