In class, when something is not clear, you should:

1 easily seen through

  • the clear glass walls of the aquarium's giant ocean tank

  • colored,
  • dark,
  • glazed,
  • tinted
  • filmy,
  • foggy,
  • hazy,
  • misty,
  • nebulous,
  • smoky
  • (also smokey)
  • dense,
  • muddy,
  • murky,
  • turbid

2 not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation

  • the meaning of her broad smile was clear to the whole class

  • apparent,
  • bald,
  • bald-faced,
  • barefaced,
  • bright-line,
  • broad,
  • clear-cut,
  • crystal clear,
  • decided,
  • distinct,
  • evident,
  • lucid,
  • luculent,
  • luminous,
  • manifest,
  • nonambiguous,
  • obvious,
  • open-and-shut,
  • palpable,
  • patent,
  • pellucid,
  • perspicuous,
  • plain,
  • ringing,
  • straightforward,
  • transparent,
  • unambiguous,
  • unambivalent,
  • unequivocal,
  • unmistakable

  • self-evident,
  • self-explanatory
  • clean-cut,
  • simple,
  • tidy,
  • uncomplicated
  • appreciable,
  • perceptible,
  • recognizable,
  • sensible,
  • tangible
  • discernible
  • (also discernable),
  • noticeable,
  • observable,
  • visible
  • black-and-white,
  • explicit,
  • trenchant,
  • well-defined
  • clean,
  • decipherable,
  • fair,
  • legible,
  • readable

  • incomprehensible,
  • indecipherable,
  • unfathomable,
  • unintelligible,
  • unknowable
  • impalpable,
  • imperceptible,
  • inappreciable,
  • indiscernible,
  • insensible
  • cloudy,
  • gauzy,
  • gray
  • (also grey),
  • hazy,
  • imprecise,
  • indefinite,
  • indeterminate,
  • misty,
  • murky,
  • nebulous,
  • noncommittal,
  • sketchy,
  • slippery,
  • subtle,
  • vague
  • illegible,
  • undecipherable,
  • unreadable

  • ambiguous,
  • clouded,
  • cryptic,
  • dark,
  • enigmatic
  • (also enigmatical),
  • equivocal,
  • indistinct,
  • mysterious,
  • nonobvious,
  • obfuscated,
  • obscure,
  • unapparent,
  • unclarified,
  • unclear

3 having or showing a mind free from doubt

  • I need to be absolutely clear about what you're saying

4 not stormy or cloudy

  • novice pilots can only fly on clear days

  • balmy,
  • clement,
  • gentle,
  • mild,
  • moderate,
  • temperate
  • calm,
  • halcyon,
  • peaceful,
  • placid,
  • serene,
  • tranquil

  • bleak,
  • cloudy,
  • dirty,
  • foul,
  • nasty,
  • overcast,
  • rainy,
  • raw,
  • rough,
  • squally,
  • stormy,
  • sunless,
  • tempestuous,
  • turbulent

5 serving to put an end to all debate or questioning

  • the evidence is clear: he's innocent

  • determinate,
  • determinative,
  • dispositive,
  • hands-down,
  • inarguable,
  • incontestable,
  • incontrovertible,
  • indisputable,
  • indubitable,
  • irrefutable,
  • unanswerable,
  • undebatable,
  • undeniable,
  • undisputable,
  • unquestionable
  • unchallenged,
  • uncontested,
  • undisputed
  • certain,
  • definite,
  • positive,
  • sure
  • cogent,
  • compelling,
  • convincing,
  • persuasive,
  • telling

  • controversial,
  • debated,
  • disputed

6 allowing passage without obstruction

  • flooding was widespread, and only some roads are clear so far

  • enterable,
  • navigable,
  • passable
  • emptied,
  • empty,
  • unoccupied,
  • vacant
  • unbarred,
  • unbolted,
  • unclasped,
  • unfastened,
  • unlatched,
  • unlocked,
  • unsealed
  • unbuttoned,
  • unclenched,
  • unfolded,
  • unfurled,
  • unzipped

  • impassable
  • (also impassible)
  • barricaded,
  • blockaded,
  • dammed,
  • gated

7 free from guilt or blame

  • slept with a clear conscience

  • accused,
  • impeached,
  • indicted
  • hangdog,
  • shamed,
  • shamefaced

8 giving off or reflecting much light

  • spermaceti candles were once highly prized for the clear flame that they produced

  • beaming,
  • bedazzling,
  • bright,
  • brilliant,
  • candescent,
  • dazzling,
  • effulgent,
  • fulgent,
  • glowing,
  • incandescent,
  • lambent,
  • lucent,
  • lucid,
  • luminous,
  • lustrous,
  • radiant,
  • refulgent,
  • sheeny,
  • shining,
  • shiny,
  • splendid

  • ablaze,
  • ardent,
  • blazing,
  • burning,
  • combusting,
  • fiery,
  • flaming,
  • red-hot
  • agleam,
  • aglitter,
  • blinding,
  • coruscant,
  • flaring,
  • flashing,
  • flickering,
  • gemmy,
  • glancing,
  • glaring,
  • gleaming,
  • glimmering,
  • glinting,
  • glistening,
  • glistering,
  • glittering,
  • scintillant,
  • scintillating,
  • shimmering,
  • shimmery,
  • sparkling,
  • sunny,
  • twinkling,
  • winking
  • burnished,
  • polished,
  • shined

  • blackened,
  • dark,
  • darkened,
  • darkish,
  • darkling,
  • darksome,
  • dimmed,
  • dusky,
  • gloomy,
  • lightless,
  • murky,
  • obscure,
  • obscured,
  • pitch-black,
  • pitch-dark,
  • somber
  • (or sombre),
  • sunless,
  • tenebrous,
  • unlit
  • cloudy,
  • shadowlike,
  • shadowy,
  • shady
  • gray
  • (also grey),
  • leaden,
  • pale,
  • palish