adj
Meaning 1
Clear; easily understood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
lucid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈl(j)uːsɪd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Mentally rational; sane.
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adj
Meaning 3
Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from Irish.
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noun
Meaning 5
A lucid dream.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable- Robert Burton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- writes in a limpid style
- lucid directions
- a luculent oration
- pellucid prose
- a crystal clear explanation
- a perspicuous argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limpid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, pellucid, transparent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lucid thinker
- she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coherent, logical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
having a clear mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lucid moment in his madness
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus English lucid Latin lucidus, from lūceō (“shine”) + -idus.
Perhaps a variant of Lucey.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ясен (jasen) — clear; easily understood
- Bulgarian: разбираем (razbiraem) — clear; easily understood
- Catalan: lúcid — clear; easily understood
- Chinese Mandarin: 清楚 (qīngchǔ) — clear; easily understood
- Chinese Mandarin: 易懂 (yìdǒng) — clear; easily understood
- Chinese Mandarin: 清晰 (qīngxī) — clear; easily understood
- Dutch: lucide — clear; easily understood
- Finnish: selvä — clear; easily understood
- Finnish: selkeä — clear; easily understood
- French: clair — clear; easily understood
- French: claire — clear; easily understood
- German: klar — clear; easily understood
- German: übersichtlich — clear; easily understood
- German: verständlich — clear; easily understood
- German: einleuchtend — clear; easily understood
- German: luzid — clear; easily understood
- German: deutlich — clear; easily understood
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs) — clear; easily understood
- Hungarian: világos — clear; easily understood
- Hungarian: érthető — clear; easily understood
- Hungarian: áttekinthető — clear; easily understood
- Hungarian: értelmes — clear; easily understood
- Hungarian: tiszta — clear; easily understood
- Irish: glé — clear; easily understood
- Latin: lūcidus — clear; easily understood
- Macedonian: јасен (jasen) — clear; easily understood
- Macedonian: луциден (luciden) — clear; easily understood
- Māori: mārama — clear; easily understood
- Māori: ariroa — clear; easily understood
- Plautdietsch: kloa — clear; easily understood
- Polish: jasny — clear; easily understood
- Polish: klarowny — clear; easily understood
- Polish: przejrzysty — clear; easily understood
- Portuguese: lúcido — clear; easily understood
- Russian: я́сный (jásnyj) — clear; easily understood
- Russian: поня́тный (ponjátnyj) — clear; easily understood
- Serbo-Croatian: razumljiv — clear; easily understood
- Spanish: lúcido — clear; easily understood
- Turkish: açık seçik — clear; easily understood
- Ukrainian: ясний (jasnyj) — clear; easily understood
- Ukrainian: зрозумілий (zrozumilyj) — clear; easily understood
- Catalan: lúcid — mentally rational; sane
- Chinese Mandarin: 清楚 (qīngchǔ) — mentally rational; sane
- Chinese Mandarin: 清明 (qīngmíng) — mentally rational; sane
- Finnish: selväpäinen — mentally rational; sane
- Finnish: selkeä-älyinen — mentally rational; sane
- French: lucide — mentally rational; sane
- German: rational — mentally rational; sane
- German: verständig — mentally rational; sane
- German: klar — mentally rational; sane
- German: brillant — mentally rational; sane
- German: bei Verstand — mentally rational; sane
- Hungarian: világos — mentally rational; sane
- Hungarian: tiszta — mentally rational; sane
- Irish: meabhrach — mentally rational; sane
- Macedonian: разумен (razumen) — mentally rational; sane
- Macedonian: рациона́лен (racionálen) — mentally rational; sane
- Portuguese: lúcido — mentally rational; sane
- Russian: разу́мный (razúmnyj) — mentally rational; sane
- Russian: рациона́льный (racionálʹnyj) — mentally rational; sane
- Serbo-Croatian: razuman — mentally rational; sane
- Spanish: lúcido — mentally rational; sane
- Ukrainian: розумний (rozumnyj) — mentally rational; sane
- Ukrainian: раціональний (racionalʹnyj) — mentally rational; sane
- Ukrainian: з ясним розумом (z jasnym rozumom) — mentally rational; sane
- Bulgarian: светъл (svetǎl) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Bulgarian: блестящ (blestjašt) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Catalan: lúcid — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Chinese Mandarin: 清澈 (qīngchè) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Chinese Mandarin: 透明 (tòumíng) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Finnish: selkeä — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Finnish: kirkas — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Finnish: läpikuultava — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Finnish: läpinäkyvä — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: hell — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: klar — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: leuchtend — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: transparent — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: transluzent — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: licht — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- German: glänzend — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Hungarian: fényes — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Hungarian: ragyogó — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Hungarian: csillogó — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Hungarian: tündöklő — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Ido: lumoza — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Macedonian: светол (svetol) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Macedonian: бистар (bistar) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Macedonian: ведар (vedar) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Portuguese: lúcido — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Russian: све́тлый (svétlyj) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Russian: я́сный (jásnyj) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Spanish: lucido — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Spanish: brillante — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Ukrainian: світлий (svitlyj) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
- Ukrainian: ясний (jasnyj) — bright, luminous, translucent or transparent