Gossamer Synonyms and Antonyms

gŏsə-mər
So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. diaphanous
  2. filmy
  3. ethereal
  4. gauzy
  5. sheer
  6. transparent
  7. vaporous
  8. aerial
  9. aery
  10. airy
  11. gossamery
  12. gauze-like
  13. see-through
  14. vapory
  15. vapourous
  16. cobwebby
Antonyms:
  1. thick
  2. opaque
  3. coarse
Cobweb
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. spiderweb
  2. filament
  3. cobweb
  4. tendril
Advertisement
Thin cloth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gauze
  2. tissue
  3. chiffon
  4. sheer silk
  5. sheer nylon
Sheer, light, or delicate:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. airy

Words Related to Gossamer

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Advertisement

Gossamer Sentence Examples

  • The shape of fairy wings vary from a moth's wings to a butterfly to gossamer bird -like wings that flare upwards.

  • Your little girl will likely have a say in what her holiday dress should look like, and chances are she will choose something spectacularly gossamer.

  • It soon became the norm for fairies to be pictured as the size of buttercups and daisies, flitting about on gossamer wings and hidding under toadstools.

  • The construction of Hampton Bay fans includes the addition of Gossamer Wind blades as the brand name for every fan.

  • It was formerly supposed that this custom was peculiar to a single species, which was called the "gossamer" spider from the fact that the floating webs, when brought to the earth by rain or intercepted by bushes and trees, coat the foliage or grass with a sheeting of gossamer-like silk; but the habit is now known to be practised by the newly-hatched young of a great variety of species belonging to several distinct families.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Advertisement