Scrabble & Words with friends points
- clears is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- clears is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- clears is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of clears
- become clear (verb)
Examples
- The sky cleared after the storm
Synonyms
- brighten
- clear up
- light up
- accurately stated or described (adjective)
Synonyms
- well-defined
- free of restrictions or qualifications (adjective)
Examples
- a clear winner
Synonyms
- clean
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (verb)
Synonyms
- clear up
- crystalise
- crystalize
- crystallise
- crystallize
- elucidate
- enlighten
- illuminate
- shed light on
- sort out
- straighten out
- pass by, over, or under without making contact (verb)
Examples
- the balloon cleared the tree tops
Synonyms
- top
- grant authorization or clearance for (verb)
Synonyms
- authorise
- authorize
- pass
- affording free passage or view (adjective)
Examples
- a clear view
- a clear path to victory
Synonyms
- open
- yield as a net profit (verb)
Synonyms
- net
- make as a net profit (verb)
Examples
- The company cleared $1 million
Synonyms
- net
- sack
- sack up
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water (noun)
Synonyms
- open
- easily deciphered (adjective)
Synonyms
- decipherable
- readable
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages (verb)
Examples
- He clears $5,000 each month
Synonyms
- bring in
- earn
- gain
- make
- pull in
- realise
- realize
- take in
- settle, as of a debt (verb)
Examples
- clear a debt
Synonyms
- solve
- go unchallenged; be approved (verb)
Examples
- The bill cleared the House
Synonyms
- pass
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law (adjective)
Examples
- I have clear title to this property
Synonyms
- unmortgaged
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges (verb)
Examples
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
Synonyms
- acquit
- assoil
- discharge
- exculpate
- exonerate
- freed from any question of guilt (adjective)
Examples
- was now clear of the charge of cowardice
Synonyms
- absolved
- cleared
- exculpated
- exonerated
- vindicated
- in an easily perceptible manner (adverb)
Examples
- could be seen clearly under the microscope
- She cried loud and clear
Synonyms
- clearly
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving (adjective)
Examples
- clear mind
Synonyms
- percipient
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims (adjective)
Examples
- clear laughter like a waterfall
- clear reds and blues
Synonyms
- clean
- light
- unclouded
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible (adjective)
Examples
- as clear as a whistle
- clear footprints in the snow
- the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
- a clear-cut pattern
Synonyms
- clean-cut
- clear-cut
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound (verb)
Synonyms
- clear up
- rid of obstructions (verb)
Synonyms
- unclutter
- completely (adverb)
Examples
- read the book clear to the end
- slept clear through the night
- there were open fields clear to the horizon
Synonyms
- all the way
- allowing light to pass through (adjective)
Examples
- clear water
- clear plastic bags
- clear glass
- the air is clear and clean
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt) (adjective)
Examples
- a clear conscience
- regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc. (verb)
Examples
- clear the water before it can be drunk
- clear of charges or deductions (adjective)
Examples
- a clear profit
- free from clouds or mist or haze (adjective)
Examples
- on a clear day
- free from confusion or doubt (adjective)
Examples
- a complex problem requiring a clear head
- not clear about what is expected of us
- free from contact or proximity or connection (adjective)
Examples
- we were clear of the danger
- the ship was clear of the reef
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity (adjective)
Examples
- a clear perfect diamond
- the clear complexion of a healthy young woman
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment (verb)
- go away or disappear (verb)
Examples
- The fog cleared in the afternoon
- make a way or path by removing objects (verb)
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent (verb)
Examples
- The water had to be cleared through filtering
- pass an inspection or receive authorization (verb)
Examples
- clear customs
- readily apparent to the mind (adjective)
Examples
- a clear and present danger
- a clear explanation
- a clear case of murder
- a clear indication that she was angry
- gave us a clear idea of human nature
- remove (verb)
Examples
- clear the leaves from the lawn
- remove (people) from a building (verb)
Examples
- clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat
- remove the occupants of (verb)
- rid of instructions or data (verb)
Examples
- clear a memory buffer
- sell (verb)
Examples
- We cleared a lot of the old model cars
- the state of being free of suspicion (noun)
Examples
- investigation showed that he was in the clear
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts ()
Examples
- The check will clear within 2 business days
See definition of clears in Merriam Webster