vaporous meaning

UK US

vaporous (adjective): so thin as to transmit light.

Spelling: vapourous (British) · vaporous (American)

vaporous has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

vaporous as an adjective

  1. so thin as to transmit light
    • 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

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

    Similar: thin

  2. resembling or characteristic of vapor
    • vaporous clouds

    Synonyms: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous

    Similar: gaseous

    Related forms: vapor

  3. filled with vapor
    • miasmic jungles
    • a vaporous bog

    Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous

    Similar: cloudy

    Related forms: vapor

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

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