vaporous

12 synonyms and 1 antonym for vaporous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Relating to vapour, or having the qualities or texture of vapour.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

transparent sheer

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Relating to vapour, or having the qualities or texture of vapour.

vaporish transparent miasmal filmy cobwebby diaphanous gossamer sheer vapourific miasmic vaporific gauzy

2. adj

Describes a place that is full of mist or fog.

Opposites

clear

Etymology

Came into English via Middle English vaporous, from Late Latin vapōrōsus (“full of steam”), from Latin vapor (“exhalation; smoke; steam, vapour”), possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil; to smoke, steam; aroma; strong odour”), plus -ōsus (a suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’, forming adjective...

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