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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gauzy, thin |
| Synonyms: | airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, fibrous, fine, flimsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
| Antonyms: | coarse, thick |
| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, see-through |
| Synonyms: | chiffon, clear, cobweblike, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent |
| Antonyms: | opaque, thick |
| Main Entry: | ethereal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, heavenly |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, celestial, dainty, divine, empyreal, empyrean, exquisite, fairy, filmy, fine, gaseous, ghostly, gossamer, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, light, rarefied, refined, spiritual, sublime, subtle, supernal, tenuous, unearthly, unsubstantial, unworldly, vaporous, vapory |
| Antonyms: | earthly, indelicate, worldly |
| Main Entry: | filmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finespun, fragile |
| Synonyms: | chiffon, cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, fine, fine-grained, flimsy, floaty, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, see-through, sheer, tiffany, transparent, wispy |
| Antonyms: | nontransparent, opaque, substantial |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
| Antonyms: | coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; light, thin |
| Synonyms: | chiffon, cut-rate, decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, house of cards, inadequate, infirm, insubstantial, meager, papery, rickety, rinkydink, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash, sleazy, slight, superficial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | firm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough |
| Main Entry: | fluffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soft, furry |
| Synonyms: | creamy, downy, featherlike, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, gossamer, linty, pile, silky, velutinous |
| Antonyms: | coarse, rough, smooth |
| Main Entry: | lacy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, netlike |
| Synonyms: | elegant, fancy, filigree, fine, frilly, gauzy, gossamer, lacelike, meshy, open, ornate, patterned, sheer, thin, transparent |
| Antonyms: | heavy, thick |
| Main Entry: | sheer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | see-through, thin |
| Synonyms: | airy, chiffon, clear, cobwebby, delicate, diaphanous, filmy, fine, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, lacy, limpid, lucid, pellucid, pure, slight, smooth, soft, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
| Notes: | shear(s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece, hair, or foliage by cutting or clipping; sheer (adjective) means complete and without restriction or qualification - (verb) turn sharply or change direction abruptly |
| Antonyms: | heavy, impermeable, thick |
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