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How does the adjective lucid differ from other similar words?

The words clear and perspicuous are common synonyms of lucid. While all three words mean "quickly and easily understood," lucid suggests a clear logical coherence and evident order of arrangement.

a lucid explanation

Where would clear be a reasonable alternative to lucid?

While in some cases nearly identical to lucid, clear implies freedom from obscurity, ambiguity, or undue complexity.

clear instructions

In what contexts can perspicuous take the place of lucid?

The words perspicuous and lucid are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, perspicuous applies to a style that is simple and elegant as well as clear.

a perspicuous style

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lucid This year dropped me headfirst into a reality that feels more like lucid dreaming with a lighting rig. Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025 Castillo’s prose is luminous and lucid, balancing humor and emotion with wicked aplomb. Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 Sudden confusion or personality change One minute, your mom is lucid and chatty—the same as every other day. Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Aug. 2025 Yet one report from the LA Fire HEALTH Study struck me as surprisingly lucid. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lucid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lucid
Adjective
  • Two meteor showers and a luminous supermoon will light up the California night sky in October.
    Mike Haskey, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The comet's nucleus will be shrouded in a luminous halo of gas and dust, with a long tail streaming out behind.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The technique could make optical clocks smaller, more stable, and usable outside high-end labs.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This doesn’t just happen for balls rolling down hills, but for rain that pools into puddles, ponds, and lakes, for molecules that fold into a particular configuration, and even for electrons that cascade down into a stable or quasi-stable energy state.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The details of his condition and what prompted his lengthy absence are not clear, although a news release issued by the city last year said Richardson had undergone multiple life-threatening surgeries.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Progressives have struggled to counteract that, lacking both the money and a clear storyline.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).
    Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Every ounce of it was on display when Mitchell initially made that dazzling catch against the Rams.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Inflammation is a normal response to strength training, when muscle fibers develop small tears.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Turmeric has not been proven to lower blood sugar in individuals with normal baseline levels.
    Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Seahawks put the Bucs in obvious situations, then offered little resistance.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One obvious strategy to try to tackle the staffing problems is to close more prisons, and this year’s state budget authorized Governor Hochul to close up to three more.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • To see the longest glowing debris trains, set your gaze 40 degrees above the radiant after allowing your eyes to adjust to the dark for 30 minutes.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Every argument has a rational, emotional, and rhetorical component.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • If the court concludes that conversion therapy is conduct, then the Colorado law is subject to the same standard used in Skrmetti – rational basis – and likely will survive.
    Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Lucid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucid. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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