Synonyms of vitreous

vitreous

adjective

as in glassy

Related Words

• glassy
• translucent
• semitransparent
• diaphanous
• lucid
• colorless
• crystalline
• liquid
• sheer
• crystal
• semitranslucent
• transparentized
• uncolored
• lucent
• pellucid
• limpid
• transparent
• crystal clear
• see-through
• clear

Dissimilar Words

• opaque
• colored
• cloudy
• dark
• glazed
• smoky
• dense
• hazy
• tinted
• foggy
• misty
• nebulous
• turbid
• muddy
• murky
• filmy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vitreous

As in much of McGuane’s fiction, the natural environment—in this case, the vitreous Florida flats, and the angler-tormenting tarpon, permit, and bonefish that populate them—provides the foil. — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025

Requiring over 20 hours of fabrication time, this lustrous dial is produced via the application of numerous layers of vitreous enamel and multiple firings in a kiln measuring between 800 degrees and 900 degrees Celsius. — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025

To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025

Very few modern toilets are actually constructed from porcelain, but they are made from vitreous china. — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020