Synonyms for gossamer
- adjective
- noun
Most common
sheer delicate gauzy diaphanous ethereal gossamer-thin floaty
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Diaphanous — tenuous, light, filmy or delicate
diaphanous, gauzy, thin, sheer, delicate, vaporous, see-through, filmy, flimsy, tenuous, cobwebby, transparent, gauze-like, immaterial, gossamery, insubstantial, airy
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
- n. 1
A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- gossamer-thin gossamery
Forms
- Plural
- gossamers → cobwebs…
Example sentences
- sheer About half of everything he says is sheer fiction.
- delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
- gauzy Mary was asked to try on a blue gauzy dress.
- diaphanous I am completely agog over your diaphanous dress.
- ethereal The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gossamer | rising | |
| sheer | rising | |
| delicate | steady | |
| gauzy | rising | |
| diaphanous | rising | |
| ethereal | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- thin1, airy2
- 5 letters
- sheer1, gauzy, filmy
- 6 letters
- flimsy2, floaty, cobweb2
- 7 letters
- tenuous3
- 8 letters
- delicate3, ethereal4, vaporous, cobwebby
- 9 letters
- gossamery
- 10 letters
- immaterial5, diaphanous4
- 11 letters
- transparent3
- 13 letters
- insubstantial4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (airy2 = 2 syllables).