ADJECTIVE | all | vaporous, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous, cobwebby | so thin as to transmit light |
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all | vaporous, vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous | resembling or characteristic of vapor | |
all | vaporous, miasmal, miasmic, vapourous | filled with vapor |
Meaning | So thin as to transmit light. | |
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Example | "vaporous silks" | |
Synonyms | diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous, cobwebby | |
Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
Spanish | diáfano, transparente | |
Catalan | transparent |
Meaning | resembling or characteristic of vapor. | |
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Example | "vaporous clouds" | |
Synonyms | vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous | |
Broader | gaseous | Existing as or having characteristics / characteristics of a gas |
Spanish | vaporoso | |
Nouns | vapor | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
Meaning | Filled with vapor. | |
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Example | "a vaporous bog" | |
Synonyms | miasmal, miasmic, vapourous | |
Broader | cloudy | Full of or covered with clouds |
Spanish | miasmático | |
Catalan | miasmàtic | |
Nouns | vapor | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
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