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lucidity

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /l(j)uːˈsɪdɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪdɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW0 S IH1 D IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being lucid; lucidness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clarity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: comprehensibility, understandability

Narrower terms: monosemy, focus, preciseness, clearcutness, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness, unambiguity, unequivocalness, explicitness

4

noun

Meaning 4

a lucid state of mind; not confused

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sanity, saneness

History

Etymology

From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: яснота (jasnota) — property of being lucid
  • Bulgarian: чистота (čistota) — property of being lucid
  • Bulgarian: светлост (svetlost) — property of being lucid
  • Catalan: lucidesa — property of being lucid
  • Czech: osvícenost — property of being lucid
  • French: lucidité — property of being lucid
  • German: Klarheit — property of being lucid
  • German: Luzidität — property of being lucid
  • German: Deutlichkeit — property of being lucid
  • German: Übersichtlichkeit — property of being lucid
  • Irish: gléine — property of being lucid
  • Portuguese: lucidez — property of being lucid
  • Romanian: luciditate — property of being lucid
  • Spanish: lucidez — property of being lucid
  • Swedish: tydlighet — property of being lucid
  • Swedish: klarhet — property of being lucid
  • Turkish: açıklık — property of being lucid
  • Turkish: belginlik — property of being lucid
  • Turkish: netlik — property of being lucid
  • Turkish: sarahat — property of being lucid
  • Turkish: vuzuh — property of being lucid