CLEAR (UP) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

clear (up)

verb

Definition of clear (up)

as in to explain

to make plain or understandable a simple explanation cleared the matter up

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Which may explain the conversion of 80 Horatio, a pre-law five-story brick tenement building in a prime pocket of the neighborhood, into a single-family house.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
Hurts, later explaining his reaction, said that earlier in the practice period, Moore had stopped in the middle of the route, which resulted in an interception.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of explain

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School president Wade Rousse issued a measured statement Friday morning and voted to clarify and enforce the SEC rule against signing former pro players.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the conversation becomes a contest of wills, clarify what each person wants and which decision needs to be made now.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of clarify

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To illustrate how meaningless that can be, those three teams missed the playoffs.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
These illustrate the trails and routes bucks often take between important endpoints within their core areas, such as bedding areas and food sources.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of illustrate

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Eos uses the same planar-coil architecture and is intended to demonstrate fusion performance relevant to a commercial power plant.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
An ability to repeat sprints, an ease in gliding movement into the channels and, as demonstrated with Cole Palmer at Chelsea, establishing connections with Villa’s No 10s behind him.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of demonstrate

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Movies tend to work with bold strokes and colors, and absolute ideas; cinema is a popular medium, and both its power and its pitfalls come from its ability to simplify and underline.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
If the process keeps causing the same problem, simplify it while the issue is visible.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of simplify

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