Synonyms of the word filmy


FILMYCOBWEBBY - DIAPHANOUS - GAUZY - GOSSAMER - SEE-THROUGH - SHEER - THIN - TRANSPARENT - VAPOROUS - VAPOUROUS

filmy

  • adj. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
  • adj. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy.

cobwebby

  • adj. Having many cobwebs.
  • adj. Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
  • adj. (figuratively) Old or dated.

diaphanous

  • adj. Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
  • adj. Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.

gauzy

  • adj. having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy.
  • adj. figuratively light, giving the effect of haze.

gossamer

  • n. A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
  • n. A soft, sheer fabric.
  • n. Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
  • adj. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

see-through

  • adj. transparent or translucent; that can be seen through.

sheer

  • adj. (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
  • adj. (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
  • adj. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
  • adj. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
  • adv. (archaic) Clean; quite; at once.
  • n. (nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
  • n. (nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
  • v. (chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.
  • v. (obsolete) To shear.

thin

  • adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
  • adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
  • n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • v. To dilute.
  • v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

transparent

  • adj. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost…
  • adj. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly…
  • adj. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
  • adj. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed…

vaporous

  • adj. Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.

vapourous

  • adj. Alternative form of vaporous.

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