Meaning and example
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
Writes in a limpid style
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.088 places lucid in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 98.6% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
zealousCommon
- Known by
- 98.6%
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
exemplaryCommon
- Known by
- 98.7%
worthy of imitation
insidiousCommon
- Known by
- 98.7%
beguiling but harmful
prevalenceCommon
- Known by
- 98.6%
the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
copiousCommon
- Known by
- 98.6%
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
Definitions and related terms are derived from WordNet. This page is part of the curated indexable word set.