clear up
Found in thesaurus: explicate,
explain,
finish,
complete,
take away,
take,
remove,
withdraw,
clear up,
elucidate,
clarify
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clear up
clarify, elucidate; become bright, brighten
clear up
Verb
1. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
(synonym) clarify, elucidate
(hypernym) explain, explicate
(hyponym) demystify
2. finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
(synonym) get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, finish up
(hypernym) complete, finish
(hyponym) cap off
3. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
(synonym) clear
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
4. become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
(synonym) clear, light up, brighten
(antonym) overcast, cloud
5. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
(synonym) clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
(hypernym) clarify, elucidate
clear up
explain, discuss so everyone understands Let's clear up the matter of the missing keys. Were they stolen?
clear up
Synonyms and related words:
account for, allegorize, answer, ascertain, assure, bottom, certify, cinch, cipher, clarify, clean up, clear, clear the decks, clinch, crack, debug, decide, decipher, decode, demonstrate, demythologize, determine, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, dismiss all doubt, dissolve, divine, do, dope, dope out, elucidate, enlighten, ensure, establish, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, fix, fix up, get, get at, get right, give reason for, give the meaning, groom, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, insure, interpret, make certain, make clear, make no doubt, make no mistake, make out, make plain, make sure, make sure of, nail down, neaten, open the lock, plumb, police, police up, popularize, psych, psych out, put in trim, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, reassure, remove all doubt, resolve, riddle, see that, see to it, set at rest, settle, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, sort out, spell out, spruce, spruce up, straighten up, throw light upon, tidy, tidy up, trig up, trim, trim up, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, undo, unfold, unknot, unlock, unmix, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave, unwind, work, work out
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
CLEAR UP
CHIARIRE. DELUCIDARE [UN PROBLEMA]. RISOLVERE. SCHARIRSI. RISCHIARARSI. RASSERENARSI. SBRIGARE [UN LAVORO]