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| Main Entry: | gauzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | see-through, gossamer in texture |
| Synonyms: | delicate, diaphanous, filmy, flimsy, insubstantial, light, lucid, pellucid, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent, tiffany |
| Antonyms: | cloudy, foggy, heavy, opaque, thick, obscured |
| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, see-through |
| Synonyms: | clear, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent, chiffon, cobweblike |
| Antonyms: | opaque, thick |
| Main Entry: | lacy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, netlike |
| Synonyms: | elegant, fancy, filigree, fine, gauzy, gossamer, open, ornate, sheer, thin, transparent, frilly, lacelike, meshy, patterned |
| Antonyms: | heavy, thick |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, weak |
| Synonyms: | aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, filmy, fine, flimsy, fragile, frail, gauzy, gentle, graceful, mild, nice, pale, pastel, rare, select, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender, fine-grained, finespun, fracturable, frangible, gossamery, hairline, muted, recherché, shatterable, shattery |
| Antonyms: | coarse, harsh, heavy, indelicate, inelegant, robust, rough, strong |
| Main Entry: | filmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finespun, fragile |
| Synonyms: | dainty, delicate, diaphanous, fine, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, sheer, transparent, wispy, chiffon, cobwebby, fine-grained, floaty, see-through, tiffany |
| Antonyms: | opaque, substantial, nontransparent |
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; light, thin |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, inadequate, infirm, insubstantial, meager, rickety, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash*, sleazy, slight, superficial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly, chiffon, cut-rate, house of cards, papery, rinkydink |
| Antonyms: | firm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudy |
| Synonyms: | bleary, dim, dull, dusky, faint, foggy, frosty, fuzzy, gauzy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy*, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, shadowy, smoky, steaming, thick, unclear, vague, vaporous, veiled, bleared, blurred, blurry, clouded, crepuscular, fuliginous, fumy, obfuscated, obfuscous, rimy, screened, smoggy, soupy |
| Antonyms: | clear, sunny, uncloudy, unhazy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | see-through |
| Synonyms: | clear, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, glassy, gossamer, limpid, lucid, pellucid, permeable, plain, sheer, thin, translucent, vitreous, cellophane, crystal-clear, crystalline, hyaline, lucent, tiffany, transpicuous |
| Notes: | translucent means light passes through but without clarity; transparent means light passes through with clarity |
| Antonyms: | cloudy, dark, opaque, blocked |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdery, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, gossamery, granular, powdered, pulverized |
| Antonyms: | coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | lucid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, transparent |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, gauzy, glassy, limpid, obvious, pellucid, pure, sheer, translucent, crystalline, transpicuous, unblurred |
| Antonyms: | foggy, unclear, muddied |
| Main Entry: | sheer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | see-through, thin |
| Synonyms: | airy, clear, delicate, diaphanous, filmy, fine, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, lacy, limpid, lucid, pellucid, pure, slight, smooth, soft, translucent, transparent, chiffon, cobwebby, tiffany |
| Antonyms: | heavy, impermeable, thick |
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