| cl | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred forty | Synonyms: 150, one hundred fifty |
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| clad | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clothed |
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| (adjective) having an outer covering especially of thin metal | - |
| clairvoyant | (adjective) perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses | - |
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| (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: precognitive, second-sighted |
| clamant | (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: crying, exigent, insistent, instant |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamorous, strident, vociferous |
| clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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| clammy | (adjective) unpleasantly cool and humid | Synonyms: dank |
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| clamorous | (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamant, strident, vociferous |
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| clandestine | (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
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| clanging | (adjective) having a loud resonant metallic sound | Synonyms: clangorous |
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| clangorous | (adjective) having a loud resonant metallic sound | Synonyms: clanging |
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| clanking | (adjective) having a hard nonresonant metallic sound | - |
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| clannish | (adjective) characteristic of a clan especially in being unified | - |
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| (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
| clarifying | (adjective) that makes clear | Synonyms: elucidative |
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| clarion | (adjective) loud and clear | - |
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| clashing | (adjective) sharply and harshly discordant | - |
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| classic | (adjective) of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc. | Synonyms: classical |
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| (adjective) considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth | - |
| (adjective) well-known and long-established in form or style | Synonyms: classical |
| (adjective) of a well-known type; remarkably typical | - |
| classical | (adjective) of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc. | Synonyms: classic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors | - |
| (adjective) well-known and long-established in form or style | Synonyms: classic |
| (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture | Synonyms: Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman |
| (adjective) of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas | - |
| (adjective) (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics | - |
| classicistic | (adjective) of or relating to classicism | - |
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| classifiable | (adjective) capable of being classified | Synonyms: distinctive |
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| classificatory | (adjective) relating to or involving classification | - |
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| classified | (adjective) arranged into classes | - |
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| (adjective) official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation | - |
| classless | (adjective) favoring social equality | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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| classy | (adjective) elegant and fashionable | Synonyms: posh, swish |
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| clastic | (adjective) capable of being taken apart | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) | - |
| clathrate | (adjective) designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another | - |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellate, cancellated |
| clattery | (adjective) a rattling sound as of hard things striking together | - |
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| clausal | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a clause | - |
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| claustrophobic | (adjective) suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places | - |
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| (adjective) uncomfortably closed or hemmed in | - |
| clawed | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: taloned |
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| (adjective) having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form | - |
| clawlike | (adjective) resembling a claw | - |
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| clayey | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: argillaceous |
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| (adjective) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained | Synonyms: cloggy, heavy |
| clean | (adjective) free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits | - |
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| (adjective) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers | Synonyms: unobjectionable |
| (adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: uncontaminating |
| (adjective) ritually clean or pure | - |
| (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: neat |
| (adjective) free from sepsis or infection | Synonyms: uninfected |
| (adjective) thorough and without qualification | - |
| (adjective) without difficulties or problems | - |
| (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on | Synonyms: blank, white |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) morally pure | Synonyms: clean-living |
| (adjective) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense | - |
| (adjective) free from impurities | Synonyms: fresh |
| (adjective) free of drugs | - |
| (adjective) not carrying concealed weapons | - |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications | Synonyms: clear |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clear, light, unclouded |
| cleanable | (adjective) capable of being cleaned | - |
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| cleanly | (adjective) habitually clean | - |
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| cleansing | (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: purifying |
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| (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: ablutionary |
| clear | (adjective) readily apparent to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) allowing light to pass through | - |
| (adjective) free from clouds or mist or haze | - |
| (adjective) accurately stated or described | Synonyms: well-defined |
| (adjective) free from confusion or doubt | - |
| (adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | Synonyms: percipient |
| (adjective) clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible | Synonyms: clean-cut, clear-cut |
| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: decipherable, readable |
| (adjective) clear of charges or deductions | - |
| (adjective) free from flaw or blemish or impurity | - |
| (adjective) (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law | Synonyms: unmortgaged |
| (adjective) affording free passage or view | Synonyms: open |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt) | - |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clean, light, unclouded |
| (adjective) free from contact or proximity or connection | - |
| cleared | (adjective) rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush | - |
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| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| clearheaded | (adjective) not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently | Synonyms: clear-thinking |
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| cleavable | (adjective) capable of being cleaved | - |
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| cleft | (adjective) having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | Synonyms: dissected |
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| (adjective) split or divided | - |
| cleistogamic | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamous |
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| cleistogamous | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamic |
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| clement | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy | - |
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| (adjective) (of weather or climate) physically mild | - |
| clenched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clinched |
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| clerical | (adjective) of or relating to the clergy | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to clerks | - |
| (adjective) appropriate for or engaged in office work | - |
| clever | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: cunning, ingenious |
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| (adjective) mentally quick and resourceful | Synonyms: apt |
| (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, cagy, canny |
| cliched | (adjective) repeated regularly without thought or originality | Synonyms: ready-made |
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| climactic | (adjective) consisting of or causing a climax | - |
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| climatic | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatical |
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| climatical | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatic |
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| climbable | (adjective) capable of being surmounted | Synonyms: surmountable |
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| (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, ascendible |
| clinched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clenched |
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| clingy | (adjective) excessively emotional and attached | - |
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| clinical | (adjective) relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients | - |
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| (adjective) scientifically detached; unemotional | - |
| clinking | (adjective) like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped | - |
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| clinquant | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: tinseled, tinselly |
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| clipped | (adjective) (of speech) having quick short sounds | - |
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| (adjective) cut or trimmed by clipping | - |
| cliquish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
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| clitoral | (adjective) of or relating to the clitoris | Synonyms: clitoric |
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| clitoric | (adjective) of or relating to the clitoris | Synonyms: clitoral |
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| cloaked | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped |
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| (adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | Synonyms: disguised, masked |
| clockwise | (adjective) in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock | - |
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| cloddish | (adjective) heavy and dull and stupid | Synonyms: doltish |
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| clogged | (adjective) loaded with something that hinders motion | - |
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| (adjective) stopped up; clogged up | Synonyms: choked |
| (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clotted |
| clogging | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: hindering, impeding, obstructive |
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| cloggy | (adjective) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained | Synonyms: clayey, heavy |
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| cloisonne | (adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | Synonyms: champleve |
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| cloistered | (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered |
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| (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical |
| cloistral | (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistered, conventual, monastic, monastical |
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| clonal | (adjective) of or relating to a clone | - |
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| clonic | (adjective) of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation | - |
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| close | (adjective) at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other | - |
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| (adjective) close in relevance or relationship | - |
| (adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | Synonyms: near, nigh |
| (adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: faithful |
| (adjective) rigorously attentive; strict and thorough | - |
| (adjective) crowded | Synonyms: confining |
| (adjective) (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched | Synonyms: tight |
| (adjective) of textiles | Synonyms: tight |
| (adjective) confined to specific persons | - |
| (adjective) strictly confined or guarded | - |
| (adjective) used of hair or haircuts | - |
| (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
| (adjective) fitting closely but comfortably | Synonyms: close-fitting, snug |
| (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped |
| (adjective) lacking fresh air | Synonyms: airless, stuffy, unaired |
| closed | (adjective) not open or affording passage or access | - |
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| (adjective) (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints | - |
| (adjective) used especially of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: shut |
| (adjective) not open | Synonyms: shut, unopen |
| (adjective) blocked against entry | Synonyms: closed in |
| (adjective) not open to the general public | - |
| (adjective) with shutters closed | - |
| (adjective) requiring union membership | - |
| (adjective) not having an open mind | Synonyms: unsympathetic |
| closefisted | (adjective) unwilling to part with money | Synonyms: hardfisted, tightfisted |
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| closelipped | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped |
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| closemouthed | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped |
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| closing | (adjective) final or ending | - |
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| clothed | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clad |
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| (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped |
| clothesless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: garmentless, raimentless |
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| clotted | (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clogged |
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| clouded | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, overcast, sunless |
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| (adjective) mentally disordered | - |
| (adjective) made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance | - |
| (adjective) unclear in form or expression | Synonyms: blurred |
| cloudless | (adjective) free from clouds | Synonyms: unclouded |
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| cloudlike | (adjective) resembling a cloud | Synonyms: nebular |
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| cloudy | (adjective) full of or covered with clouds | - |
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| (adjective) lacking definite form or limits | Synonyms: nebulose, nebulous |
| (adjective) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment | Synonyms: mirky, muddy, murky, turbid |
| cloven | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: bisulcate |
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| clownish | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownlike, zany |
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| clownlike | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownish, zany |
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| cloying | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: saccharine, syrupy, treacly |
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| cloze | (adjective) based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure | - |
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| clubable | (adjective) inclined to club together | Synonyms: clubbable |
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| clubbable | (adjective) inclined to club together | Synonyms: clubable |
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| clubbish | (adjective) effusively sociable | Synonyms: clubby |
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| clubby | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, snobbish, snobby |
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| (adjective) effusively sociable | Synonyms: clubbish |
| clubfooted | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: taliped |
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| clueless | (adjective) totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring | - |
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| clumsy | (adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture | Synonyms: clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy |
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| (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept |
| (adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: bungling, fumbling, incompetent |
| (adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Synonyms: awkward, bunglesome, ungainly |
| clunky | (adjective) making a clunking sound | - |
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| (adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture | Synonyms: clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy |
| clustered | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative |
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| (adjective) growing close together but not in dense mats | - |
| cluttered | (adjective) filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | Synonyms: littered |
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| clv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred fifty | Synonyms: 155, one hundred fifty-five |
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