diaphanous

diaphanous is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
2. adjective. so thin as to transmit light

   "a hat with a diaphanous veil"

   "filmy wings of a moth"

   Synonyms: cobwebby, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

Synonyms

cobwebby, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

Common word forms

diaphanously, diaphanousness

Words from these letters

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