CLEARHEADEDNESS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

clearheadedness

noun

as in lucidity

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Noun

Albert Camus did not believe that lucidity required indifference.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Mary screamed in one of her rare points of lucidity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026

Definition of lucidity

Noun

But the samurai genre already presupposes a fictitious otherworldly place, and everyday normalcy simply doesn’t exist there, Kurosawa said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Further, they will be carried by ships to other parts of the world when normalcy in maritime trade resumes.

— Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of normalcy

Noun

But coming out of a pandemic that had robbed players of normality, a few days extra at the best tournaments felt doable, given the financial payoff.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026
In Season 2, the Klatts are finally getting back to normality until Wanda is caught seemingly red-handed standing over a dead body.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 July 2026

Definition of normality

Noun

This project might strike you as dystopian and disturbing, or exciting and encouraging – and its ethical soundness comes down to a few key factors, several experts told CNN.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Some states require private schools participating in voucher programs to demonstrate some form of financial soundness.

— Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

Definition of soundness

Noun

However, health officials are searching for other potential products that may be making people sick as cases continue to climb.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Through interconnected stories, the film illustrates how these cumulative experiences contribute to health inequities—including Black maternal mortality—within a healthcare system that too often fails to listen to Black women.

— Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of health

Noun

Protein Bars While protein is a go-to food for weight loss, the healthfulness of protein bars varies significantly.

— Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 4 July 2026
The artist made the Rhine flow into Kunstmuseen Krefeld through a filtration system, ultimately dripping clean water into a basin filled with fish whose thriving proved its healthfulness.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026

Definition of healthfulness

Noun

Emma’s resistance to the bland wholesomeness of recovery spaces speaks to a familiar cultural trope across media, in films and television shows; that sobriety is where flamboyance goes to die.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026

Definition of wholesomeness

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