Definition as Noun

Definition as Noun

• a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
• filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

Definition as Adjective

• so thin as to transmit light

Definition as Adjective

• so thin as to transmit light
• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

• filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

• diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

• ethereal

• cobweb

• "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

• "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

• "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

• Diaphanous vs filmy
• Diaphanous vs gauzy
• Diaphanous vs gauze-like
• Diaphanous vs gossamer
• Diaphanous vs see-through
• Diaphanous vs sheer
• Diaphanous vs transparent
• Diaphanous vs vaporous
• Diaphanous vs vapourous
• Diaphanous vs cobwebby
• Diaphanous vs diaphanous
• Diaphanous vs ethereal
• Diaphanous vs cobweb

• Gossamer vs filmy
• Gossamer vs gauzy
• Gossamer vs gauze-like
• Gossamer vs gossamer
• Gossamer vs see-through
• Gossamer vs sheer
• Gossamer vs transparent
• Gossamer vs vaporous
• Gossamer vs vapourous
• Gossamer vs cobwebby
• Gossamer vs diaphanous
• Gossamer vs ethereal
• Gossamer vs cobweb