- clear-headed
- ADJ-GRADED (approval)If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
...his clear-headed grasp of the laws of economics.
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Clear-headed — Clear head ed (kl[=e]r h[e^]d [e^]d), a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. He was laborious and clear headed. Macaulay. {Clear head ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clear-headed — adj able to think in a clear and sensible way … Dictionary of contemporary English
clear-headed — index sapient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
clear-headed — adjective able to think in a sensible and calm way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clear-headed — a. 1. Free from confusion or confused thought, lucid, luminous, clear thoughted, clear thinking. 2. Discerning, clear sighted, clear seeing, keen sighted, shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, penetrating, acute, long headed. See intelligent … New dictionary of synonyms
clear-headed — adjective thinking clearly clear headedly adverb clear headedness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clear-headed — /ˈklɪə hɛdəd/ (say klear heduhd) adjective having or showing a clear head or understanding. –clear headedness, noun …
clear-headed — adjective alert and thinking logically. Derivatives clear headedness noun … English new terms dictionary
clear headed — sober, thinking clearly … English contemporary dictionary
clear-headed — UK / US adjective able to think in a sensible and calm way … English dictionary
