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transparent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of transparent

1 easily seen through
  • bottles of blue transparent glass
Synonyms of transparent

clear, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid, see-through
Words Related to transparent

colorless, uncolored

diaphanous, lucid, semitranslucent, semitransparent, sheer, translucent
Near Antonyms of transparent

colored, dark, glazed, tinted

filmy, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky (also smokey)

dense, muddy, murky, turbid
Antonyms of transparent

cloudy, opaque
2 not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
  • His meaning in leaving the conversation is transparent: he doesn't want to talk about his combat experiences.
Synonyms of transparent

apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, straightforward, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
Words Related to transparent

comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable

self-evident, self-explanatory

clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated

overt, undisguised

appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible

discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, visible

black-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-defined

clean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable
Near Antonyms of transparent

incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable

impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensible

cloudy, gauzy, gray (also grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommittal, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vague

illegible, undecipherable, unreadable
Antonyms of transparent

ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
3 very thin and easy to see through
  • I froze the vegetables in transparent containers.
Synonyms of transparent

cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, see-through, sheer
Words Related to transparent

clear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid

lucid, translucent

dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantial

colorless, uncolored
Near Antonyms of transparent

opaque

cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky (also smokey)

drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless

Synonym Discussion of transparent

clear, transparent, translucent, limpid mean capable of being seen through. clear implies absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness.
    • clear water
transparent implies being so clear that objects can be seen distinctly.
    • a transparent sheet of film
translucent implies the passage of light but not a clear view of what lies beyond.
    • translucent frosted glass
limpid suggests the soft clearness of pure water.
    • her eyes were limpid pools of blue

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