What does vapourous mean?

vapourous means "so thin as to transmit light". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vapourous?

vapourous has 3 syllables: va-pou-rous. The stress falls on "va".

What is another word for vapourous?

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 vapourous a common word?

vapourous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

vapourous — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsdiaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through sheer transparent vaporous cobwebby
Similarthin
2.
resembling or characteristic of vapor
“vaporous clouds”
Synonymsvaporific vapourific vaporish vapourish vaporous
Similargaseous
3.
filled with vapor
“miasmic jungles”
“a vaporous bog”
Synonymsmiasmal miasmic vaporous
Similarcloudy

Questions about vapourous

What does vapourous mean?: vapourous means "so thin as to transmit light". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in vapourous?: vapourous has 3 syllables: va-pou-rous. The stress falls on "va".
What is another word for vapourous?: 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 vapourous a common word?: vapourous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for vapourous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsdiaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through sheer transparent vaporous cobwebby
Similarthin
2.
resembling or characteristic of vapor
“vaporous clouds”
Synonymsvaporific vapourific vaporish vapourish vaporous
Similargaseous
3.
filled with vapor
“miasmic jungles”
“a vaporous bog”
Synonymsmiasmal miasmic vaporous
Similarcloudy

Questions about vapourous

What does vapourous mean?: vapourous means "so thin as to transmit light". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in vapourous?: vapourous has 3 syllables: va-pou-rous. The stress falls on "va".
What is another word for vapourous?: 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 vapourous a common word?: vapourous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for vapourous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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