clarion, adj. 1. brassy, shrill, stridulant, stridulous, strident; high-pitched, sharp, acute, penetrating, ear-piercing, earsplitting; loud, blaring, resounding, deafening.
2. clear, clear as a bell, distinct, on key or pitch; pure, true, sweet; full, rich, orotund, sonorous, resonant.
clarity, n. 1. clearness, pellucidity, pellucidness, limpidity, limpidness, translucence, transparency, cry-stallinity, vitreousness, vitreosity, lucency; purity, simplicity, cleanness, severity; visibleness, visibility, brightness, brilliance, luminosity, radiance, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency, refulgentness.
2. lucidity, lucidness, perspicuity, plainness, unambiguousness, unambiguity, unmistakability; explicitness, preciseness, precision, exactness, definiteness, distinctness, clear-cutness; comprehensibility, comprehensibleness, understandability, understandableness, intelligibility, intelligibleness, penetrability; perceptibility, discernibleness, apprehensibility, decipherability, legibility; obviousness, apparentness, evidentness, manifestness, palpability, patentability,
clash, v. 1. clang, clangor, clank, clatter, rattle.
2. bump into, collide with, crash into, smash into, run into, Inf. plow into; butt, jar, jolt, jostle.
3. conflict, contend, dispute, disagree, argue, contest, contravene, spar, cross swords, lock horns; squabble, quarrel, feud, bicker, have words, be at [s.o.'s] throat.
4. struggle, battle, encounter, engage, meet; fight, combat, give or do battle, duel, joust, tussle, scuffle, brawl, come to blows.
-n. 5. clang, clangor, clank, clatter; din, racket, tumult, uproar, noise.
6. conflict, opposition, disagreement, discord, disaccord, dissension, friction, variance, strife; enmity, hostility, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, ill will.
7. argument, altercation, dispute, row, quarrel, squabble, dustup, spat, tiff, Brit. Dial, fratch; encounter, meeting, engagement, confrontation, showdown; fight, battle, struggle, conflict, tussle, bout, donnybrook, Scot. sturt, Inf. scrap, Inf. run-in; skirmish, action, brush, fray, affray; melee, fracas, uproar, free-for-all.
8. collision, smash, crash, smash-up, crack-up, car crash.
clashing, adj. 1. clanging, clangorous, clanking,
clattering, rattling.
2. conflicting, opposing, disagreeing, discordant, dissenting, variant, differing; hostile, antagonistic, antipathetic. -n. 3. clang, clangor, clank, clatter; din, racket, tumult, uproar, noise,
clasp, n. 1. hook, catch, clip, snap, hook and eye, button, fastener, fastening; pin, brooch, broach, buckle, agraffe; latch, lock, bar, bolt, hasp; click, clincher, pawl, holdfast, Mach. detent, Mach. dog; clamp, vise, brace.
2. grasp, handshake, grip, gripe, clutch, clench;
hold, embrace, hug, squeeze.
-v. 3. hook, catch, pin, clip, snap, button, buckle, fasten; secure, unite, couple, link; clinch, clamp, vise, brace, bracket; latch, lock, bar, bolt, hasp, shut.
4. seize, grapple, snatch, grab; clutch, clench, grip, grasp; hold, enfold, envelop, enclose, encircle, entwine; embrace, hug, squeeze, press, snuggle, cuddle, cherish,
class, n. 1. category, division, section, branch, department, province, realm, domain, area; classification, arrangement, grouping; group, set, collection, selection; species, genus, breed, brood, genre; kind, sort, kidney, type, brand, name, variety; make, cast, cut, mold, form, style, manner; grain, feather, tone, color, stripe; stamp, designation, denomination, suit; character, constitution, make-up, composition, Archaic, cra-sis; temperament, temper, nature, humor, mood, persuasion.