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Synonyms for filmy
ˈfɪl mifilmy
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Princeton's WordNet
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebbyadjective
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:
gauzy, vaporific, miasmic, vapourish, crystalline, cobwebby, unmixed, downright, vapourous, right-down, pellucid, out-and-out(a), absolute, vaporous, see-through, unmingled, vaporish, ethereal, rank(a), limpid, bluff, sheer(a), diaphanous, sheer, miasmal, gossamer, plain, bold, crystal clear, lucid, gauze-like, vapourific, guileless, transparentAntonyms:
thick
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3226 | plain | |
#3945 | bold | |
#4304 | absolute | |
#7379 | transparent | |
#8269 | sheer | |
#11750 | bluff | |
#13981 | ethereal | |
#22357 | crystalline | |
#24803 | lucid | |
#27758 | downright | |
#33671 | filmy | |
#38725 | gossamer | |
#86133 | unmixed | |
#139048 | limpid | |
#157351 | diaphanous | |
#162538 | gauzy | |
#166083 | guileless | |
#218770 | vaporous | |
#283941 | pellucid |
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