make perfectly clear

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clarify v.
elucidate v.
simplify v.

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

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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

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make perfectly clear

They are interested in chaos, as their actions make perfectly clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2023

And it must reinforce “unity of command” to make perfectly clear to every member of the Defense Department whom they answer to.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021

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

To make perfectly clear the democratic purpose of the Constitution, a bill of rights, consisting of eleven amendments, was added as a condition of the ratification of the instrument by the original states.

From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.

make perfectly clear

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