lucid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlusɪd/ UK /ˈluːsɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
clearly expressed and easy to understand; clear-minded

She gave a lucid account of the complicated case.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · clearly expressed and easy... clear coherent intelligible articulate limpid comprehensible transparent

Opposites

confusingmuddledobscure unclear incoherent

Word family

Derived forms lucidlyluciditylucidness

Related forms elucidate translucentlucentpellucid

Simplified etymology

Lucid entered English in the late 16th century from a word based on Latin lux, “light.” Latin lux shares an ancient ancestor with English light in the sense of illumination.

Etymology

From Latin lucidus ('bright, clear'), from lucere ('to shine'), from lux ('light').

lucidus Latin lucere Latin *lewk- Proto-Indo-European

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities

External links

# lucid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈlusɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈluːsɪd/

## Meanings
1. clearly expressed and easy to understand; clear-minded

## Examples
- She gave a lucid account of the complicated case.

## Synonyms
- clear
- coherent
- intelligible
- articulate
- limpid
- comprehensible
- transparent

## Antonyms
- confusing
- muddled
- obscure
- unclear
- incoherent

## Derived Forms
- lucidly
- lucidity
- lucidness

## Related Forms
- elucidate
- translucent
- lucent
- pellucid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lucidus
- Root: lucere
- Root: *lewk-

## Etymology
From Latin lucidus ('bright, clear'), from lucere ('to shine'), from lux ('light').

## AI Etymology
Lucid comes from Latin lucidus ('bright, clear'), from lucere ('to shine'), from lux ('light'). The etymological trail includes Latin lucidus, Latin lucere, and Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. As an adjective, lucid means clearly expressed and easy to understand; clear-minded. The same family is visible in derived forms such as lucidly, lucidity, and lucidness and related forms such as elucidate, translucent, lucent, and pellucid.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

markdown