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clearer

nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈklɪəɹə//
  • United States//ˈklɪɹɚ//
  • United States//ˈklɪəɹə(ɹ)//
  • United States//ˈkliɹə(ɹ)//
  • New Zealand//ˈkliəɹə//

Someone who or something which clears.

noun

  1. 1

    Someone who or something which clears.

    Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.

  2. 2

    Someone who or something which clears. An unskilled labourer who clears away the rubbish etc.

  3. 3

    A tool by which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

Etymology

From clear (verb) + -er.

adjective

  1. 1

    Also a form of clearcomparative form of clear: more clear

Etymology

Etymology tree English clear Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English clearer From clear (adjective) + -er.

Forms

plural
clearers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).