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
• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

• 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"

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

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