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vaporous

adjective

1 vaporous

So thin as to transmit light:
— Vaporous silks.

synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous.

Roget 334: gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.   

Roget 353: bubbling etc. v.; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux [Fr.], frothy [Fr.Tr.], up.    cloudy etc. n.; thunderheaded; ... show more

Roget 426: opaque, impervious to light; adiaphanous; dim etc. 422; turbid, thick, muddy, opacous, obfuscated, fuliginous, cloud, hazy, ... show more

Roget 426a: turbid, thick, muddy, obfuscated, fuliginous, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous; cloudy (cloud) 353.    ... show more

Polish: przeźroczysty, prześwitujący, przezroczysty

2 vaporous

Resembling or characteristic of vapor:
— Vaporous clouds.

synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous.

3 vaporous

Filled with vapor:
— A vaporous bog.

synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous.


Moby thesaurus: adulterated, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air-built, airy, attenuate, attenuated, chimeric, chimerical, cloud-born, cloud-built, cloud-woven, cloudy, cut, dilute, diluted, dreamlike, ethereal ... show more.

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