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
- 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
- resembling or characteristic of vapor
- vaporous clouds
Synonyms: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous
Similar: gaseous
Related forms: vapor
- filled with vapor
- miasmic jungles
- a vaporous bog
Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous
Similar: cloudy
Related forms: vapor
Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with VA · words ending in US · 8-letter words
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