vaporous meaning and definition

VAPOROUS adjective

Definition of vaporous (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous
2. resembling or characteristic of vapor
   • "vaporous clouds"
   • synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous
3. filled with vapor
   • "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
   • synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous