| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, see-through |
Synonyms: |
chiffon, clear, cobweblike, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent |
Antonyms: |
opaque, thick |
| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
diaphanous, clear, clear as crystal, crystalline, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, relucent, serene, tralucent, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, vitreous
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| Main Entry: | airy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate or ethereal |
Synonyms: |
dainty, diaphanous, flimsy, fragile, frail, frivolous, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, intangible, light, rare, rarefied, tenuous, thin, vaporous, visionary, volatile, weightless, wispy |
Antonyms: |
heavy |
| Main Entry: | dainty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, fragile, fine |
Synonyms: |
airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, recherché, refined, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made |
Antonyms: |
clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough |
| Main Entry: | filmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finespun, fragile |
Synonyms: |
chiffon, cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, fine, fine-grained, flimsy, floaty, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, see-through, sheer, tiffany, transparent, wispy |
Antonyms: |
nontransparent, opaque, substantial |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
Synonyms: |
diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; light, thin |
Synonyms: |
chiffon, cut-rate, decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, house of cards, inadequate, infirm, insubstantial, meager, papery, rickety, rinkydink, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash, sleazy, slight, superficial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
firm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough |
| Main Entry: | gauzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | see-through, gossamer in texture |
Synonyms: |
delicate, diaphanous, filmy, flimsy, insubstantial, light, lucid, pellucid, sheer, thin, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
Antonyms: |
cloudy, foggy, heavy, obscured, opaque, thick |
| Main Entry: | gossamer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gauzy, thin |
Synonyms: |
airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, fibrous, fine, flimsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, thick |
| Main Entry: | lucid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, transparent |
Synonyms: |
crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, glassy, limpid, obvious, pellucid, pure, sheer, translucent, transpicuous, unblurred |
Antonyms: |
foggy, muddied, unclear |