crystal clear

1. 1.

   transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

   “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”

   “crystal clear skies”

   “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”

   “lucid air”

   “a pellucid brook”

   “transparent crystal”

   Synonymscrystallinelimpidlucidpellucidtransparent

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2. 2.

   (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

   “writes in a limpid style”

   “lucid directions”

   “a luculent oration”

   “pellucid prose”

   “a crystal clear explanation”

   “a perspicuous argument”

   Synonymslimpidlucidluculentpellucidperspicuous

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Questions about crystal clear

What does crystal clear mean?

crystal clear means "transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for crystal clear?

Close synonyms include crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent. 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 crystal clear a common word?

crystal clear is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.