'Lucid' definitions:
Definition of 'lucid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous]
adjective
Having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"
adjective
Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn: coherent, logical, lucid]
adjective
Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
Definition of 'Lucid'
From: GCIDE
- Lucid \Lu"cid\, a. [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.]
- 1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. [1913 Webster]
- Lucid, like a glowworm. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- A court compact of lucid marbles. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. [1913 Webster]
- A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lucid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all there,
- apprehensible,
- Attic,
- balanced,
- beaming,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- chaste,
- Ciceronian,
- classic,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- clearheaded,
- clearminded,
- cloudless,
- coherent,
- compos mentis,
- comprehensible,
- connected,
- consistent,
- crisp,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- defined,
- definite,
- diaphane,
- diaphanous,
- direct,
- distinct,
- easy,
- effulgent,
- elegant,
- explicit,
- express,
- fathomable,
- filmy,
- finished,
- gauzy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- graspable,
- healthy-minded,
- incandescent,
- intelligible,
- knowable,
- lambent,
- light,
- light-pervious,
- lightish,
- lightsome,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucent,
- luculent,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- mentally sound,
- natural,
- neat,
- nonopaque,
- normal,
- of sound mind,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- polished,
- pure,
- radiant,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- refined,
- refulgent,
- relucent,
- restrained,
- revealing,
- right,
- round,
- sane,
- sane-minded,
- see-through,
- semipellucid,
- semitranslucent,
- sensible,
- serene,
- sheer,
- simple,
- sound,
- sound-minded,
- straightforward,
- tasteful,
- terse,
- thin,
- together,
- translucent,
- translucid,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- trim,
- unaffected,
- unambiguous,
- unclouded,
- unconfused,
- unequivocal,
- univocal,
- unlabored,
- unmistakable,
- unobscured,
- well-defined,
- wholesome