transparent

transparent is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque.
2. adjective. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil.
3. adjective. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

   "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"

   "crystal clear skies"

   Synonyms: crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid

4. adjective. easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

   "a transparent explanation"

   "a transparent lie"

5. adjective. free of deceit

   Synonyms: guileless

6. adjective. so thin as to transmit light

   "a hat with a diaphanous veil"

   "filmy wings of a moth"

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

Synonyms

crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, guileless, cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, vaporous, vapourous

Common word forms

transparently, transparentize, transparentness

Words from these letters

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