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Synonyms for vaporous

  • adjective

Most common

ethereal gaseous gauzy diaphanous cloudy nebulous reeking turbid

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Gaseous — of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour

gaseous, ethereal, gauzy, diaphanous, hazy, gossamer, see-through, airy, filmy, aerial, foggy, cobwebby, transparent, unreal, sheer, gassy, gauze-like, pneumatic, aeriform, vapory US, vapoury UK, vaporlike US, vapourlike UK, insubstantial

2. Fumid — of a place, filled with vapour; foggy, misty

vaporsome, fumid dated, vapored rare US, vapoured UK, vaporiferous rare

3. Frothy — lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague

frothy, vain

4. Miasmic

miasmic, miasmal

Other

nebulous, reeking, cloudy, turbid, thick, vaporish US, vapourish UK, vaporific, misty, vaporescent rare US, vapourescent UK

Antonyms

clear, nonvaporous

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.

  2. adj. 2

    Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty.

  3. adj. 3

    Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague.

  4. adj. 4

    Breathing out or giving off vapour.

Related words

Word family
vaporousness vaporable vaporarium vaporary vapored vaporer vaporescent vaporiferous
Other spellings
vapourous

Example sentences

  • ethereal The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
  • gaseous A substance can be solid, gaseous, or liquid.
  • gauzy Mary was asked to try on a blue gauzy dress.
  • diaphanous I am completely agog over your diaphanous dress.
  • cloudy I especially like cloudy skies, why? I don't know.
  • nebulous Slowly she disappeared in the nebulous woods.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vaporoussteady
etherealrising
gaseousfalling
gauzyrising
diaphanousrising
cloudysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
vain1, airy2, hazy2
5 letters
thick1, sheer1, misty2, foggy2, gassy, gauzy, filmy, fumid
6 letters
aerial3, unreal2, cloudy2, frothy2, turbid2, vapory
7 letters
gaseous3, reeking2, miasmic, vapoury, vapored, miasmal
8 letters
ethereal4, nebulous3, gossamer3, cobwebby, aeriform, vapoured, vaporish
9 letters
pneumatic3, vaporlike, vaporsome, vapourish, vaporific
10 letters
diaphanous4, vapourlike
11 letters
transparent3, vaporescent
12 letters
vaporiferous, vapourescent
13 letters
insubstantial4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (airy2 = 2 syllables).