perspicuity

clearness of expression the perspicuity of this author's prose is one of the reasons why her novels are still read and those of her contemporaries are gathering dust Synonyms clarity, explicitness, lucidity, lucidness, simplicity, perspicuousnessRelated Words incision, incisiveness; directness, forthrightness, openness, straightforwardness; readability, readableness; comprehensibility, intelligibility, legibilityNear Antonyms ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, equivocation, inscrutability, inscrutableness, obliqueness, obliquity, opacity, opaqueness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness, unintelligibility, unintelligibleness; circuitousness, deviousness, indirectness, indistinctness; dimness, disjointedness, incoherence; faintness, fuzziness, muddiness, nebulousness, vaguenessAntonyms obscureness, obscurity, unclarity