diaphanous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: di=aph=a=nous

OXFORD DICTIONARY

diaphanous, adj. (of fabric etc.) light and delicate, and almost transparent.

Derivative

diaphanously adv.

Etymology

med.L diaphanus f. Gk diaphanes (as DIA-, phaino show)

THESAURUS

diaphanous

airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal, cloudless, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, delicate, diaphane, diluted, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, light-pervious, lightish, lightsome, limpid, lucent, lucid, luculent, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo, pellucid, rare, rarefied, relucent, revealing, see-through, serene, sheer, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, translucent, translucid, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, unobscured, vague, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy

ROGET THESAURUS

diaphanous

Transparency

N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.