What does "diaphanous" mean?

Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.

What is a synonym for "diaphanous"?

Common synonyms include: delicate, translucent, sheer, airy, attenuate, attenuated.

Pronounced //daɪˈæf.ən.əs//.

//daɪˈæf.ən.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Adjective

1
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
"The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marsh was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds."
2
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
"1951, Robert Frost, Unpublished preface to a collection, 2007, Mark Richardson (editor), The Collected Prose of Robert Frost, page 169, The most diaphanous wings carry a burden of pollen from flower to flower."
3
Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.