Meanings
plural lucidities
- countableuncountableThe property of being lucid; lucidness.
The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.
1 more example
He was notable not only for his longevity but also for his unusual lucidity for his age. Up to his final months, he pored over The Los Angeles Times every morning, discussed the war in Ukraine and other world events and posted dispatches about his life on his blog.
2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times, →ISSN - countableuncountableThe state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfree from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinlūciditās
- Frenchlucidité
- Englishlucidity
From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid + -ity.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian яснота, чистота
- яснота (jasnota)property of being lucid
- чистота (čistota)property of being lucid
- светлост (svetlost)property of being lucid
Catalan lucidesa
- lucidesaproperty of being lucid
Czech osvícenost
- osvícenostproperty of being lucid
French lucidité
- luciditéproperty of being lucid
German Klarheit, Luzidität
- Klarheitproperty of being lucid
- Luziditätproperty of being lucid
- Deutlichkeitproperty of being lucid
- Übersichtlichkeitproperty of being lucid
Irish gléine
- gléineproperty of being lucid
Portuguese lucidez
- lucidezproperty of being lucid
Romanian luciditate
- luciditateproperty of being lucid
Spanish lucidez
- lucidezproperty of being lucid
Swedish tydlighet, klarhet
- tydlighetproperty of being lucid
- klarhetproperty of being lucid
Turkish açıklık, belginlik
- açıklıkproperty of being lucid
- belginlikproperty of being lucid
- netlikproperty of being lucid
- sarahatproperty of being lucid
- vuzuhproperty of being lucid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lucidity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
lucidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucidity
“lucidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lucidity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucidity.
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