Clearing Synonyms and Antonyms

klîrĭng
The act of clearing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. removal
  2. freeing
  3. riddance
  4. clearance
  5. removing
  6. elimination
  7. eradication
  8. deforestation
  9. defoliation
  10. opening up
  11. freeing from obstruction
  12. unblocking
  13. unclogging
  14. evacuation
  15. disposal
  16. voidance
  17. dispersal
  18. sweeping out
  19. clearing away
  20. mopping-up
  21. emptying
A cleared space
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. glade
  2. clearance
  3. clarification
  4. opening
  5. tract
  6. open space
  7. acquittal
  8. assart
  9. defoliated area
  10. field
  11. denouement
  12. dispersion
  13. cultivated land
  14. eclaircissement
  15. exoneration
  16. cleared land
  17. explanation
  18. disinvolvement
  19. disencumbrance
  20. interpretation
Go unchallenged; be approved
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. passing
  2. authorizing
  3. carrying
To free from a charge or imputation of guilt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clarifying
  2. purging
  3. acquitting
  4. vindicating
  5. exonerating
  6. exculpating
  7. absolving
  8. relieving
Antonyms:
  1. condemning
  2. sentencing
  3. dimming
  4. dulling
  5. obscuring
To set right by giving what is due
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. squaring
  2. settling
  3. satisfying
  4. paying
  5. liquidating
  6. discharging
To free from contents
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. evacuating
  2. voiding
  3. unpacking
  4. vacating
  5. emptying
  6. unloading
  7. cleaning
Pass by, over, or under without making contact
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. uncluttering
  2. surmounting
  3. solving
  4. top
  5. negotiating
  6. unknotting
  7. hurdling
To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tidying
  2. straightening
  3. sprucing
  4. policing
  5. neatening
To rid of obstructions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. opening
  2. freeing
To become brighter or fairer.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lightening

Words Related to Clearing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Clearing Sentence Examples

  • We were clearing dishes, before he spoke.

  • There's a spring in that clearing ahead.

  • They were clearing the hut for the colonel and carried them out.

  • After a long time they came into a clearing on the edge of the mountain.

  • This was one of the great days; though the sky had from my clearing only the same everlastingly great look that it wears daily, and I saw no difference in it.

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