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Textual thesaurus for "gossamer"

(adj) ethereal

characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

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


(adj) diaphanous, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer

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


(noun) cobweb

filaments from a web that was spun by a spider