clearance

1. 1.

   the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

   Broaderinterval
2. 2.

   vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

   Synonymsheadroomheadway

   Broaderroom
3. 3.

   permission to proceed

   “the plane was given clearance to land”

   Broaderlicense

Other forms of clearance

plural

clearances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clearance

What does clearance mean?

clearance means "the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clearance?

clearance has 2 syllables: clear-ance. The stress falls on "clear". In IPA it is /ˈklɪɹəns/.

What is another word for clearance?

Close synonyms include headroom, headway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clearance a common word?

clearance is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.