Synonyms for diaphanous
- adjective
Most common
transparent translucent gossamer gauzy diaphanic isorefractive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Translucent — transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through
translucent, see-through, transparent, gauzy, gossamer, thin, ethereal, sheer, vaporous, clear, filmy, cobwebby, flimsy, lucid, gauze-like, tenuous, immaterial, pellucid formal, limpid, airy, perspicuous
2. Delicate — of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial
delicate, insubstantial, unsubstantial dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
- adj. 2
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
Example sentences
- transparent This transparent liquid contains a kind of poison.
- translucent Keep stirring until the solution becomes translucent.
- gossamer Except for a few gossamer clouds, the sky was clear and blue.
- gauzy Mary was asked to try on a blue gauzy dress.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| diaphanous | rising | |
| transparent | rising | |
| translucent | steady | |
| gossamer | rising | |
| gauzy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- thin1, airy2
- 5 letters
- clear1, sheer1, lucid2, gauzy, filmy
- 6 letters
- flimsy2, limpid
- 7 letters
- tenuous3
- 8 letters
- delicate3, ethereal4, gossamer3, vaporous, pellucid, cobwebby
- 9 letters
- diaphanic
- 10 letters
- immaterial5
- 11 letters
- transparent3, translucent3, perspicuous
- 13 letters
- insubstantial4, unsubstantial, isorefractive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (airy2 = 2 syllables).