Definitions for transparent

Definitions for (adj) transparent

Main entry: pellucid, crystal clear, crystalline, transparent, lucid, limpid

Definition: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

Usage: the cold crystalline water of melted snow; crystal clear skies; could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool; lucid air; a pellucid brook; transparent crystal


Main entry: transparent

Definition: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

Usage: a transparent explanation; a transparent lie


Main entry: transparent, guileless

Definition: free of deceit


Main entry: diaphanous, gossamer, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer

Definition: so thin as to transmit light

Usage: 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


Visual thesaurus for transparent