see-through

Questions about see-through

What does see-through mean?

see-through means "so thin as to transmit light".

How many syllables are in see-through?

see-through has 2 syllables and divides as see--through under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for see-through?

Close synonyms include diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is see-through a common word?

see-through is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.