'Transparent' definitions:
Definition of 'transparent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
adjective
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" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
adjective
Free of deceit [syn: guileless, transparent]
adjective
Easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"
Definition of 'Transparent'
From: GCIDE
- Transparent \Trans*par"ent\, a. [F., from LL. transparens, -entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See Appear.]
- 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque. "Transparent elemental air." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid; diaphanous. See Translucent. [1913 Webster] -- {Trans*par"ent*ly}, adv. -- {Trans*par"ent*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transparent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparent,
- articulate,
- artless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- broad,
- brusque,
- candid,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear as glass,
- clear-cut,
- cloudless,
- coherent,
- connected,
- consistent,
- crisp,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- defined,
- definite,
- diaphane,
- diaphanous,
- direct,
- distinct,
- distinguishable,
- downright,
- evident,
- explicit,
- express,
- filmy,
- flimsy,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- gauzy,
- genuine,
- glassy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- guileless,
- heart-to-heart,
- ingenuous,
- light,
- light-pervious,
- lightish,
- lightsome,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- luculent,
- luminous,
- manifest,
- naive,
- nonopaque,
- obvious,
- on the level,
- open,
- openhearted,
- outspoken,
- patent,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- recognizable,
- relucent,
- revealing,
- round,
- see-through,
- serene,
- sheer,
- simple,
- sincere,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- thin,
- translucent,
- translucid,
- transpicuous,
- unambiguous,
- unchecked,
- unclouded,
- unconfused,
- unconstrained,
- understandable,
- undisguised,
- undissembling,
- unequivocal,
- unguarded,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- unobscured,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- well-defined