DESCRIPTIVE Synonyms

• readily apparent to the mind

• allowing light to pass through

• accurately stated or described

• free from clouds or mist or haze

• the state of being free of suspicion

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• entirely

• in an easily perceptible manner

• free from confusion or doubt

• affording free passage or view

• free from contact or proximity or connection

• characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)

• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

• (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• free of restrictions or qualifications

• free from flaw or blemish or impurity

• clear of charges or deductions

• easily deciphered

• freed from any question of guilt

• characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving

• rid of obstructions

• make a way or path by removing objects

• become clear

• grant authorization or clearance for

• remove

• go unchallenged; be approved

• be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts

• go away or disappear

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment

• clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.

• yield as a net profit

• make as a net profit

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• sell to get rid of

• pass an inspection or receive authorization

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• settle, as of a debt

• make clear, bright, light, or translucent

• rid of instructions or data

• remove (people) from a building

• remove the occupants of

• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

• clearly or sharply defined to the mind

• having had all the trees removed at one time

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• remove all the trees at one time

• clearly characterized or delimited

• showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

• that makes clear

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

• serving to bring to mind

• serving or intended to explain or make clear

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication

• in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

• performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion

• characterized by expression

• of or relating to the graphic arts

• relating to or presented by a graph

• an image that is generated by a computer

• written or drawn or engraved

• describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

• evoking lifelike images within the mind

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• clarifying by use of examples

• serving to demonstrate

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• providing or conveying information

• (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

• having a clear mind

• capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

• suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture

• strikingly expressive

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

• being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

• stated explicitly or in detail

• an act of narration

• informing by words

• disclosing information or giving evidence about another

• disclosing unintentionally something concealed

• powerfully persuasive

• producing a strong effect

• evoking lifelike images within the mind

• having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience

• having strong or striking color

• (of color) having the highest saturation