Definition as Adjective

• so thin as to transmit light

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

• "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"

• 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