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• gossamer — [adj] gauzy, thin airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, fibrous, fine, flimsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. coarse, thick …   New thesaurus

• airy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsubstantial, immaterial; well ventilated, breezy; flimsy, unreal, visionary; sprightly, light, volatile; pretentious. See insubstantiality, air, affectation. Ant., close, heavy. II (Roget s IV)… …   English dictionary for students

• airy — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, Olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, altitudinous, animated, apparent, apparitional, ascending, asinine,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• gossamer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cobweb; gauze, veil. See transparency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Cobweb] Syn. spiderweb, filament, tendril; see fiber 1 , thread . 2. [Thin cloth] Syn. gauze, tissue, chiffon, sheer silk, sheer nylon.… …   English dictionary for students

• gossamer — Synonyms and related words: air, airy, animal fiber, artificial fiber, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, bubble, cambric tea, capillament, chaff, chip, cilium, cirrus, clear, clear as crystal, cobweb, cork, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• airy — adj 1. breezy, windy, drafty; ventilated, open, exposed, alfresco. 2. immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, weightless; unsubstantial, ethereal, tenuous; illusory, unreal, imaginary, visionary, phantasmal, spectral. 3. delicate, flimsy, thin; gauzy …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• gossamer — n 1. cobweb, spiderweb; thistledown, feather; gauze, tissue, chiffon. adj 2. gossamery, cobwebby, feathery, silky; thin, light, fine, delicate, flimsy, frail; diaphanous, sheer, transparent, see through, translucent; unsubstantial, airy, light as …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• attenuate — v 1. thin, thin out, stretch out, spin out, extend, draw out, wiredraw; rarefy, etherealize, spiritualize, volatilize, vaporize, aerify; refine, subtilize, sublime. 2. weaken, reduce, lessen, decrease, diminish, lower; impair, invalidate,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• ethereal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. airy, delicate, light, tenuous, fragile, fairy; heavenly, celestial, empyreal. See insubstantiality, heaven.Ant., earthly, mortal. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Delicate] Syn. airy, fragile,… …   English dictionary for students

• aerial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. airy, atmospheric; lofty, soaring; graceful, ethereal; visionary. See air, height, insubstantiality, imagination. n. rabbit ears (See communication). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. in the air, flying,… …   English dictionary for students

• sheer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. utter, absolute; mere, simple; thin, diaphanous; perpendicular, precipitous, vertical, steep. See transparency, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Abrupt] Syn. steep, very steep, precipitous;… …   English dictionary for students