clear easy to see through, rather than coloured or dirty:
The table top is a piece of clear glass. a clear liquid The water was so clear that you could see down to the bottom of the lake.transparent clear - used especially about materials and solid things.
Transparent is a little more formal than
clear:
Fill a transparent plastic bottle with water. a piece of transparent film Melt 2 ounces of butter in a large frying pan, and cook the onions until they are almost transparent.see-through made of a very thin material that you can see through - used especially about women’s clothes:
She wore a black see-through dress.limpid literary clear - used especially about water or other liquids . This is a very formal word which is used in novels and literature:
limpid pools She gave her a golden flask of limpid olive oil.opaque difficult to see through:
The shower has an opaque glass door. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲