Synonyms for gossamer
ˈgɒs ə mər; ˈgɒs ə mə rigos·samer

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1. gossameradjective

   Synonyms:
   gossamery

2. gossameradjective

   Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

   The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds---God's robe trailing in the sea! Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

   Synonyms:
   gossamery

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1. gossamernoun

   a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

   Synonyms:
   cobweb

   Antonyms:
   rugged, thick

2. cobweb, gossameradjective

   filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

   Synonyms:
   cobweb

   Antonyms:
   rugged, thick

3. ethereal, gossameradjective

   characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

   "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

   Synonyms:
   vapourous, celestial, aery, cobwebby, diaphanous, sheer, see-through, aerial, vaporous, airy, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, aeriform, supernal, transparent, ethereal

   Antonyms:
   thick, rugged

4. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebbyadjective

   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:
   gauzy, vaporific, miasmic, vapourish, crystalline, cobwebby, unmixed, downright, vapourous, right-down, pellucid, out-and-out(a), absolute, vaporous, see-through, unmingled, vaporish, ethereal, rank(a), limpid, bluff, sheer(a), diaphanous, sheer, miasmal, plain, bold, filmy, crystal clear, lucid, gauze-like, vapourific, guileless, transparent

   Antonyms:
   thick, rugged

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