Synonyms of clarified

clarified 1 of 2

adjective

as in filtered

Related Words

• filtered
• purified
• refined
• rendered
• pure
• neat
• undiluted
• plain
• tried
• unmixed
• unadulterated
• absolute
• uncontaminated
• fresh
• fine
• concentrated
• straight
• unalloyed
• untainted
• unpolluted
• clean
• uncorrupted
• undefiled
• taintless
• strong
• full-bodied
• uncombined

Dissimilar Words

• mixed
• diluted
• adulterated
• contaminated
• spoiled
• incorporated
• tainted
• impure
• unclarified
• polluted
• alloyed
• corrupted
• debased
• joined
• compounded
• soiled
• merged
• combined
• blended
• linked
• mingled
• amalgamated
• commingled
• intermingled
• fused
• defiled
• intermixed
• sullied
• fouled
• besmirched
• conjoined
• united
• befouled
• coalesced
• doctored
• cheapened
• watered-down

clarified

2 of 2

verb

past tense of clarify

1

as in refined

to remove usually visible impurities from

clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filtered
• refined
• extracted
• cleaned
• cleared
• purified
• fined
• washed
• distilled
• processed
• purged
• rectified
• garbled
• sifted
• cleansed
• screened
• decontaminated
• leached
• bolted
• disinfected
• elutriated
• sieved
• sanitized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clouded
• dulled
• muddied
• contaminated
• soiled
• tainted
• defiled
• polluted
• dirtied
• sullied
• fouled
• besmirched
• begrimed

2

as in explained

to make plain or understandable

it would help if you could clarify your position for us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explained
• illustrated
• demonstrated
• simplified
• interpreted
• elucidated
• illuminated
• explicated
• expounded
• construed
• cleared (up)
• analyzed
• resolved
• demystified
• defined
• spelled out
• specified
• solved
• deciphered
• got across
• unriddled
• decoded
• unraveled
• disentangled
• glossed
• annotated
• untangled
• undid
• broke down
• unscrambled
• commentated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obscured
• confused
• clouded
• confounded
• befogged
• obfuscated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clarified

Adjective

The nine courses move between drink and dish, from a Sundarban honey mead with cotton candy to a Tooyamalli rice cocktail with clarified rasam, whiskey and rice foam, served alongside a Gunpowder Idli filled with pepper crab and caviar. — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

SpaceX is reluctant to divulge details on how this works, but last year a NASA experiment called Starling clarified parts of the process. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

How will roles need to be re-designed or re-clarified? — Paula Davis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

The bar serves a clarified nut-milk punch inspired by Caribbean black cake, while the kitchen turns Carolina Gold rice into sake. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026

The final regulation the IRS released Friday names over 70 occupations that may receive tips which may qualify for the deduction, as well as a clarified definition of qualifying tips. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026

These songs have the clarified rush of an emotional pressure change, like the sensation of removing foam earplugs. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026

Learn more about clarified butter and how to channel Martha when preparing the day’s most important meal. — Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026

Verb

An Amazon spokesperson clarified that there’s a difference between what’s permitted and what’s actually emitted. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Police clarified that the juvenile was not riding an e-bike at the time of the collision. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Tony has not clarified whether the $35,000 agency expenditure was drawn directly from taxpayer money or from alternative department funding streams, such as law enforcement forfeitures, seizures or fines. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

The city and developers have not yet clarified what work may be needed or how those costs would be divided. — Lauren Breunig, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026

After publication, The New York Times clarified that Genevieve Ko’s article wasn’t an announcement of the feature, but an explanation. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026

In June 2025, however, the California Supreme Court clarified that SB 483 applied only to portions of death row inmates’ sentences unrelated to their death sentences. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Commissioner Adam Silver appeared days later on the Pat McAfee Show and clarified that nothing was imminent in Mexico. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Tenerife’s largest shareholder Rayco García acknowledged there is still much to be clarified. — ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026