make perfectly clear

VERB

clarify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze clear up define formulate interpret resolve simplify spell out

STRONG

delineate elucidate illuminate illustrate settle

WEAK

break down draw a picture make plain shed light on straighten out throw light on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

complicate confuse question

STRONG

mix up obscure

WEAK

dirty muddle muddy

VERB

elucidate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear up decode enlighten exemplify explicate expound get across illuminate

STRONG

annotate clarify clear demonstrate gloss illustrate interpret prove unfold

WEAK

draw a picture make plain make see daylight shed light on spell out throw light on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cloud complicate confuse obscure

STRONG

conceal hide

WEAK

be vague distract make ambiguous mix up mystify

VERB

simplify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline

STRONG

abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble

WEAK

boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up cut the frills draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat hit the high spots lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

grow increase

STRONG

be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure

WEAK

complicate make difficult

Example Sentences

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The same dictionaries make perfectly clear that infringed was not a synonym for abridged.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2023

Rogers and Kennedy made empathy central to their credos, yet as both documentaries make perfectly clear, there was nothing wishy-washy about them.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2018

"The one thing I want to make perfectly clear -- and this is crucial -- is that THWACK!."

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2010

You must make perfectly clear to yourself just what you regard as the essentials of the work, and devote all your energies to bringing them out.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2005

In order to see these world-events in their true perspective, and to make perfectly clear the manner in which we are to estimate them, we must go a long distance away from them.

From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John

make perfectly clear

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